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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2007	Zona de Restauración Ecológica del Lobo Mexicano Potrero de Zamora	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación	3
2012	Zona de Restauración Ecológica del Lobo Mexicano La Encantada	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación	11
2012	Zona de Restauración Ecológica del Lobo Mexicano San Francisco	Área Destinada Voluntariamente a la Conservación	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical coniferous	72
Shrubland	Scrub	21
Savanna		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.