BCR 34.
Sierra Madre Occidental

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| 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.
Important Bird Areas
in this BCR
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| 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 |