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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
Black-polled Yellowthroat Geothlypis speciosa	VU	resident	2021	32 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
1994	Cerro del Estribo Grande	Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica	<1
2005	Humedales del Lago de Pátzcuaro	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Gallery & riparian, Montane broadleaf evergreen, Tropical coniferous, Tropical deciduous	48
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools	6

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	41
rangeland/pastureland	4

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal, privada y comunal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pátzcuaro (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pátzcuaro-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.