Cerro Saybal - Cerro Cavahlná (Mexico)

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Cerro Saybal - Cerro Cavahlná

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno	NT	resident	1995	present	A1
Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia	EN	winter	1995	present	A1
Pink-headed Warbler Cardellina versicolor	LC	resident	1995	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen	98

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	1

Land ownership

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, estatal y federal.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cerro Saybal - Cerro Cavahlná (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cerro-saybal--cerro-cavahlná-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.