Bird Conservation Region 66
Pantanos
de Centla–Laguna de Términos
This BCR includes two IBAs and encompasses part of a biosphere reserve
and a Ramsar site (Pantanos de Centla). Located in the Delta of Usumacinta–Grijalva
Rivers, the area is a complex hydrological system of rivers, lagoons,
swamps, and salt marshes. Habitats are tropical rainforest, bloodwood
tree woodland, mangrove swamp, rosewood scrub, and palmetto grove. Some
of the important birds here include Jabiru, Wood Stork, Yellow-headed
Vulture, Common Black-Hawk, Great Black-Hawk, Muscovy Duck, Northern Pintail,
Blue-winged Teal, Roadside Hawk, Bat Falcon, Limpkin, White-crowned Parrot,
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Hooded Warbler, Hooded Oriole, Orange Oriole, and
Snail Kite.
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