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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	non-breeding (1995)	present	A3
White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus	LC	passage (1995)	present	A3
Whiskered Screech-owl Megascops trichopsis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis	NT	resident (1995)	present	A1
Eared Quetzal Euptilotis neoxenus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Pine Flycatcher Empidonax affinis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Russet Nightingale-thrush Catharus occidentalis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Striped Sparrow Oriturus superciliosus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei	LC	breeding (1995)	present	A3
Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2002	Cuenca Alimentadora del Distrito Nacional de Riego 043 Estado de Nayarit	Área de Protección de los Recursos Naturales (VI)	47

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	87	Pine; Pine-oak; Tropical coniferous
Savanna	9

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	1
rangeland/pastureland	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sierra de Valparaíso (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sierra-de-valparaíso-iba-mexico on 23/12/2024.