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UXPANAPA ROAD & LIST 
MEXICO

OAXACA, VERACRUZ (Compass)

Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl 
Protected/registered status 
Best Time for visit (21st-22nd November, 2004)

 

Birding Site Guide

This site can be visited in a day trip from Matias Romero, a decent size town with a couple of hotels. I stayed in the big blue one for N$118 for a single. A bus leaves around 06.00 from the terminal which can drop you at Boca del Monte at the start of the Uxpanapa road. Some combis pass along this unpaved road but they only leave when they are full. It took about an hour to get along the 41km to the bridge mentioned in the site guide. There are a few patches worth checking as you walk back towards Boca del Monte. Some of the remaining patches have only been preserved as they are full of huge limestone rocks. You need to explore these for the vulnerable endemic Nava's Wren which I failed to see. The second day I tried a closer patch at about 26km along but with no success. General birding is excellent in the area though and I even saw a few mammals like coati and agouti. 71 species including 10 lifers. 


Species seen


Other Fauna 
A total of -- species of mammals. 

There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

Flora 

Author: Charles Hesse 

 

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