Key Biodiversity Areas

Valle de Tehuacán - Cuicatlán (10026)
Mexico, Central America

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
CaryophyllalesFerocactus haematacanthusEN2018A1elink-icon
CaryophyllalesMammillaria crucigeraEN2018A1elink-icon
CycadopsidaDioon caputoiPalma RealEN2018A1elink-icon
CaryophyllalesFerocactus flavovirensEN2018A1elink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesCynanthus sordidusDusky HummingbirdLC2008link-icon
AvesXenotriccus mexicanusPileated FlycatcherNT2008link-icon
AvesMelozone albicollisWhite-throated TowheeLC2008link-icon
AvesPeucaea mystacalisBridled SparrowLC2008link-icon
AvesCalocitta formosaWhite-throated Magpie-jayLC2008link-icon
AvesVireo nelsoniDwarf VireoLC2008link-icon
AvesCalothorax pulcherBeautiful HummingbirdLC2008link-icon
AvesMomotus mexicanusRusset-crowned MotmotLC2008link-icon
AvesOrtalis poliocephalaWest Mexican ChachalacaLC2008link-icon
AvesPeucaea humeralisBlack-chested SparrowLC2008link-icon
AvesMelanerpes hypopoliusGrey-breasted WoodpeckerLC2008link-icon
AvesAra militarisMilitary MacawVU2008link-icon
AvesAimophila notostictaOaxaca SparrowNT2008link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Valle de Tehuacán - Cuicatlán. 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 17, 2025.