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The site was identified as important in 2021 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
Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia	EN	winter	2017	55 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2021) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Rancho Nuevo	Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	21
2007	Huitepec - Los Alcanfores	Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Pine-oak, Montane broadleaf evergreen	73

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26

Tenencia de la tierra: Privada y estatal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cerros alrededor de San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cerros-alrededor-de-san-cristóbal-de-las-casas-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.