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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
Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata	LC	resident	1995	present	A3
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis	NT	resident	1995	present	A1
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi	NT	passage	1995	present	A1
Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii	LC	non-breeding	1995	present	A1
Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla	NT	breeding	1995	present	A1, A3
Colima Warbler Leiothlypis crissalis	LC	breeding	1995	present	A1, A2, A3
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris	LC	non-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
1994	Maderas del Carmen	Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna	100
2006	Maderas del Carmen	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Pine, Pine-oak, Tropical coniferous	72
Savanna		19
Shrubland	Scrub	7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Privada y mixta.

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