BCR 34. 

Sierra Madre Occidental

Red-faced Warbler. Photo: Photo: © Dan Vickers

This is the northern terminus of the Sierra Madre Occidental. In the United States it is made up of isolated mountain ranges in southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico as well as the more northerly forested Mogollon Rim. Of the many landbirds more typical of Mexico that extend into the United States in this region, highest priorities include the Red-faced Warbler, Strickland's Woodpecker, and Montezuma Quail. Riparian areas in lowlands support many in-transit migrants as well as breeding Thick-billed Kingbirds, Western Yellow-billed Cuckoos, and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. Most uplands are publicly owned, but lower elevation grasslands and riparian habitat are subject to development and conversion.

Thick-billed Kingbird. Photo: © Michael G. Shepard

Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge

Chiricahua National Monument

Coronado National Forest (Chiricahua Mountains)

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area

Gray Ranch

Madera Canyon

San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area