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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
Highland Guan Penelopina nigra	VU	resident	1995	present	A1
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus	NT	resident	1995	present	A1
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Northern Nightingale-wren Microcerculus philomela	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Grey-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Black-throated Shrike-tanager Lanio aurantius	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Ramphocelus passerinii	NR	resident	1995	present	A3

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen, Pine-oak	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sierra Chixtontic, Sierra Canjá (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sierra-chixtontic-sierra-canjá-iba-mexico on 22/11/2024.