Bird Conservation Region 59
Depresiones
Intermontanas
This BCR is a lowland corridor about 250 kilometers long and 75 kilometers
wide that is bound on its two sides by the mountain ranges of Chiapas.
Vegetation includes that of cloud forests, tropical rainforests, and tropical
deciduous forests. The Zapotal–Mactumatza IBA includes priority species,
such as Plain Chachalaca, Crested Guan, Great Curassow, Northern Bobwhite,
Gray-necked Wood-Rail, Red-billed Pigeon, White-tipped Dove, Green Parakeet,
Orangefronted Parakeet, Mangrove Cuckoo, Squirrel Cuckoo, Lesser Ground-Cuckoo,
Lesser Roadrunner, Tawny-collared Nightjar, Great Potoo, White-collared
Swift, Vaux’s Swift, Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, White-throated
Swift, Fork-tailed Emerald, Berylline Hummingbird,
White-bellied Emerald, Plain-capped Starthroat, Violaceus Trogon, Collared
Aracari, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Bentbill, Yellow-olive Flycatcher,
Belted Flycatcher, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Gray-breasted Martín,
Spotted-breasted Wren, Banded Wren, Plain Wren, Solitary Vireo, Lesser
Greenlet, Fan-tailed Warbler, and wintering Western Tanager and Townsend’s,
Chestnutsided, Magnolia, and Black-and-white Warblers. The IBA Corredor
Laguna Bélgica-Sierra Limón-Cañón Sumidero
consists of cloud forest,
tropical rainforest, and tropical deciduous forest. A total of 215 bird
species have been reported in this IBA. Threatened species include Highland
Guan, Crested Owl, Emerald Toucanet, Keel-billed Toucan, Nava’s Wren,
and wintering Golden-cheeked Warbler.
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