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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Tinamou Tinamus major	LC	resident (2019)	49 birds	B1a
Great Curassow Crax rubra	VU	resident (2019)	45 birds	A1
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica	VU	passage (2010)	74 birds	A1
Northern Mealy Amazon Amazona guatemalae	NT	resident (2019)	234 birds	B1a
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna	NT	resident (2019)	118 birds	B1a

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1979	Montes Azules	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	30
1992	Lacan-Tun	Reserva de la Biosfera (VI)	6
1992	Chan-Kin	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna (VI)	1
1992	Bonampak	Monumento Natural (III)	<1
1992	Yaxchilán	Monumento Natural (III)	<1
1998	Nahá	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna (VI)	<1
2000	Montes Azules	Reserva de la Biosfera (VI)	30
2000	Montes Azules	Biosphere Reserve (VI)	31
2010	Naha-Metzabok	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	1
2010	Reserva Las Guacamayas	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación (VI)	<1
2010	Cerro El Mirador	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación (VI)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	82	Gallery & riparian; Montane broadleaf evergreen; Tropical coniferous

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	15
other	1
water management	1

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal y federal.

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