Bird Conservation Region 49
Planicie
Costera y Lomeríos Secos del Golfo de México
This BCR lies along
the Gulf of Mexico in southern Tamaulipas, adjacent Veracruz, and northeastern
San Luis Potosí, with a second portion in central Veracruz. Vegetation
includes tropical deciduous and semi-deciduous forests, thorn forests,
aquatic and subaquatic vegetation, grasslands, desert scrubland, and portions
of cloud forest and oak forest. Sierra de Tamaulipas is an isolated zone
on the coastal plain rising to 1,500 meters. Because of its isolation,
it is an area of high endemism for plants and a refuge for many vertebrates,
including the Great Black Hawk, Roadside Hawk, Yellow-headed Parrot, Red-lored
Parrot, Red-crowned Parrot,
Green Parakeet, Eastern Screech-Owl, Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Chihuahuan
Raven, Golden-crowned Warbler, and wintering Black-throated Green Warbler.
Sierra del Abra Tanchipa in San Luis Potosí is the northern limit
of tropical deciduous and palm forests. Birds here include Military Macaw,
Tamaulipan Crow, Wild Turkey, Plain Chachalaca, Lazuli Bunting, and Eastern
Towhee. Presa Vicente Guerrero is a reservoir surrounded by well-preserved
Tamaulipan scrubland and tropical deciduous forest. Species registered
here include Crested Guan, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Muscovy Duck,
numerous wintering temperate
duck species, and White-tipped Dove.
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