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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
Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus	LC	resident (1995)	frequent	A3
Whiskered Screech-owl Megascops trichopsis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Barred Owl Strix varia	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Eared Quetzal Euptilotis neoxenus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A1, A3
Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha	EN	non-breeding (1995)	frequent	A1, A3
Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Pine Flycatcher Empidonax affinis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Sinaloa Martin Progne sinaloae	VU	resident (1995)	present	A3
Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Russet Nightingale-thrush Catharus occidentalis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Rufous-capped Brushfinch Atlapetes pileatus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Striped Sparrow Oriturus superciliosus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Red Warbler Cardellina rubra	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2002	Cuenca Alimentadora del Distrito Nacional de Riego 043 Estado de Nayarit	Área de Protección de los Recursos Naturales (VI)	74

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	93	Tropical coniferous; Tropical deciduous; Pine-oak

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	4
rangeland/pastureland	2

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, privada y comunal.

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