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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)	present	A3
Whiskered Screech-owl Megascops trichopsis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis	NT	resident (1995)	present	A1
Maroon-fronted Parrot Rhynchopsitta terrisi	EN	resident (1995)	present	A1, A2, A3, A4ii
Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi	NT	resident (1995)	present	A1
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
Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Colima Warbler Leiothlypis crissalis	LC	breeding (1995)	present	A1, A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2007	Zona de Restauración Ecológica del Lobo Mexicano Potrero de Zamora	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación (VI)	3
2012	Zona de Restauración Ecológica del Lobo Mexicano La Encantada	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación (VI)	11
2012	Zona de Restauración Ecológica del Lobo Mexicano San Francisco	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación (VI)	2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	72	Tropical coniferous
Shrubland	21	Scrub
Savanna	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	4
rangeland/pastureland	1

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal y privada.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: San Antonio Peña Nevada (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/san-antonio-peña-nevada-iba-mexico on 22/12/2024.