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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
Xantus's Hummingbird Basilinna xantusii	LC	resident	1995	present	A2, A3
Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Belding's Yellowthroat Geothlypis beldingi	VU	resident	1995	present	A1, A2, A3

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
2008	Humedal Los Comondú	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	52
2008	Oasis Sierra de La Giganta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Scrub	96
Other		3
Forest	Tropical coniferous	minor (<10)
Unknown		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Tenencia de la tierra: Ejidal.

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