Sierra de Atoyac y Bosques de Niebla de la Costa Grande (Mexico)

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Sierra de Atoyac y Bosques de Niebla de la Costa Grande

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Short-crested Coquette Lophornis brachylophus	CR	resident	2020-2021	29 individuals	A1
White-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa poliocerca	NT	resident	2019	56 individuals	A1
Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi	EN	resident	2018	109 individuals	A1
Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis	VU	resident	2018	35 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2021) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2021. The most recent assessment (2023) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2023	near favourable	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1999	Areas de Conservación Comunitaria Sierra de Atoyac y Sierra Madre del Sur.	Other	3

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen, Pine, Pine-oak, Tropical deciduous, Tropical semi-deciduous	82

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	18
forestry	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Land ownership

Comunal/Ejidal
Privado.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sierra de Atoyac y Bosques de Niebla de la Costa Grande (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sierra-de-atoyac-y-bosques-de-niebla-de-la-costa-grande-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.