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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
Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha	EN	breeding	1995	present	A1

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
1939	Cumbres de Majalca	Parque Nacional	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Gallery & riparian, Pine, Pine-oak, Tropical coniferous	72
Savanna		18
Other		minor (<10)
Shrubland	Riparian scrub & thickets	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	6
rangeland/pastureland	1
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

Tenencia de la tierra: Privada.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sierra del Nido (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sierra-del-nido-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.