Key Biodiversity Areas

Lago de Pátzcuaro (10003)
Mexico, Central America

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AmphibiaAmbystoma dumeriliiCR2018A1elink-icon
DecapodaCambarellus patzcuarensisEN2018A1elink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesSelasphorus platycercusBroad-tailed HummingbirdLC2008link-icon
AvesCatharus occidentalisRusset Nightingale-thrushLC2008link-icon
AvesEmpidonax affinisPine FlycatcherLC2008link-icon
AvesOriturus superciliosusStriped SparrowLC2008link-icon
AvesBasilinna leucotisWhite-eared HummingbirdLC2008link-icon
AvesCampylorhynchus megalopterusGrey-barred WrenLC2008link-icon
AvesMegascops trichopsisWhiskered Screech-owlLC2008link-icon
AvesIcterus abeilleiBlack-backed OrioleLC2008link-icon
AvesPeucedramus taeniatusOlive WarblerLC2008link-icon
AvesCardellina rubrifronsRed-faced WarblerLC2008link-icon
AvesGeothlypis speciosaBlack-polled YellowthroatEN2008link-icon
AvesErgaticus ruberRed WarblerLC2008link-icon
AvesArremon virenticepsGreen-striped Brush-finchLC2008link-icon
AvesVermivora crissalisColima WarblerNT2008link-icon
AvesDendrortyx macrouraLong-tailed Wood-partridgeLC2008link-icon
AvesAtlapetes pileatusRufous-capped Brush-finchLC2008link-icon
AvesParula superciliosaCrescent-chested WarblerLC2008link-icon
AvesEmpidonax occidentalisCordilleran FlycatcherLC2008link-icon
AvesPipilo ocaiCollared TowheeLC2008link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Lago de Pátzcuaro. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 28, 2025.