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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
White-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa poliocerca	NT	resident	1995	present	A1, A2
Balsas Screech-owl Megascops seductus	LC	resident	1995	present	A1
Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi	EN	resident	1995	present	A1
Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii	LC	non-breeding	1995	present	A1
Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla	NT	winter	1995	present	A1
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.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Pine, Pine-oak, Tropical coniferous, Tropical deciduous, Tropical semi-deciduous	89

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	10
rangeland/pastureland	-

Tenencia de la tierra: Privada.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vallecitos de Zaragoza (Mexico). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vallecitos-de-zaragoza-iba-mexico on 23/11/2024.