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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
Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus	EN	resident (1995)	present	A2
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	resident (1995)	present	A1
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus	NT	resident (1995)	present	A1
Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens	LC	resident (1995)	present	A2
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Pampa curvipennis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Nava's Wren Hylorchilus navai	VU	resident (1995)	present	A1, A3
Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A2
Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Grey-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Black-throated Shrike-tanager Lanio aurantius	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Ramphocelus passerinii	NR	resident (1995)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2010	El Cordón del Retén	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación (VI)	7

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	99	Montane broadleaf evergreen; Tropical coniferous; Tropical semi-deciduous; Pine; Pine-oak; Tropical semi-evergreen

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
nature conservation and research	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal.

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