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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	resident (1995)	present	A1
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus	NT	resident (1995)	present	A1
Sumichrast's Wren Hylorchilus sumichrasti	NT	resident (1995)	present	A1, A3
Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2007	Paraje El Frijolillo	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación (VI)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	21	Tropical semi-evergreen

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	70
urban/industrial/transport	9

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cerro de Oro (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cerro-de-oro-iba-mexico on 23/12/2024.