Benito Juárez El Plan

BENITO JUÁREZ EL PLAN

It is located in the municipality of Cacahoatán. It has an extension of 1586.22 hectares, 1201.83 of which are within the Tacaná Volcano Biosphere Reserve. The Evergreen Cloud Forest predominates as natural vegetation. There is also a group of curassow monitors (Oreophasis derbianus) who are committed to the conservation of the species.

Birds that can be watched: Black Chachalaca or Black Penelopina / Penelopina nigra, Horned Guan / Oreophasis derbianus, Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge / Dendrortyx leucophrys, White-faced Quail Dove / Zentrygon albifacies, Mexican Green Violetear or Mexican Violetear / Colibri thalassinus, Black-crested Coquette / Lophornis helenae, Magnificent Hummingbird / Eugenes fulgens, Green-throated Hummingbird Mountain-Gem / Lampornis viridipallens, Garnet-throated Hummingbird / Lamprolaima rhami, Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird / Tilmatura dupontii, Wine-throated Hummingbird / Selasphorus ellioti, Rufous Sabrewinga / Pampa rufa, Violet Sabrewing / Campylopterus hemileucurus, Azure-crowned Hummingbird / Saucerottia cyanocephala, Blue-tailed Hummingbird / Saucerottia cyanura, Blue-throated Golden-tailed / Chlorestes eliciae, Black Hawk-Eagle / Spizaetus tyrannus, Ornate Hawk-Eagle / Spizaetus ornatus, Fulvous Owl / Strix fulvescens, Unspotted Saw-whet Owl / Aegolius ridgwayi, Resplendent Quetzal / Pharomachrus mocinno, Mountain Trogon / Trogon mexicanus, Blue-throated Motmot /Aspatha gularis, Blue-diademed Motmot, Lesson's Blue-crowned Motmot / Momotus lessonii, Emerald Toucanet, Northern Emerald-Toucanet / Aulacorhynchus prasinus, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied Woodpecker / Sphyrapicus varius, Acorn Woodpecker / Melanerpes formicivorus, Pale-billed Woodpecker / Campephilus guatemalensis, Barred Parakeet or Lineolated Parakeet / Bolborhynchus lineola, Pacific Parakeet / Psittacara strenuus, Scaled Antpitta / Grallaria guatimalensis, Middle American Leaftosser or Tawny-throated Leaftosser / Sclerurus mexicanus, Ivory-billed Woodcreeper / Xiphorhynchus flavigaster, Rufous-breasted Spinetail / Synallaxis erythrothorax, Northern Tufted Flycatcher / Mitrephanes phaeocercus, Yellowish Flycatcher / Empidonax flavescens, Hutton's Vireo / Vireo huttoni, Black-throated Jay / Cyanolyca pumilo, Mountain Jay or Stellar's Jay / Cyanocitta stelleri, Black Capped Swallow / Atticora pileata, Black-eared Bushtit or Bushtit, / Psaltriparus minimus, Rufous-browed Wren / Troglodytes rufociliatus, Rufous-and-white Wren / Thryophilus rufalbus, North American Dipper or Arctic Water Ouzel / Cinclus mexicanus, Blue-and-white Mockingbird / Melanotis hypoleucus, Brown-backed Solitaire / Myadestes occidentalis, Spotted Nightingale-Thrush or Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush / Cathrarus dryas, Black Thrush / Turdus infuscatus, Gray Silky, Gray Silky-flycatcher / Ptiliogonys cinereus, Ocotero or Olive Warbler / Peucedramus taeniatus, Elegant Euphonia / Chlorophonia elegantissima, Blue-crowned Chlorophonia / Chlorophonia occipitalis, Hooded Grosbeak / Coccothraustes abeillei, Black-capped Siskin / Spinus atriceps, Common Bush-tanager, Common Chlorospingus / Chlorospingus flavopectus, Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch / Arremon brunneinucha, Caster-of-Fire or Lightning Bird / Junco phaeonotus, Andean Sparrow or Rufous-collared Sparrow/ Zonotrichia capensis, White-eared Ground-Sparrow / Melozone leucotis, Prevost’s Ground-Sparrow or White-faced Ground-Sparrow / Melozone biarcuata, White-naped Brush-Finch / Atlapetes albinucha, Yellow-backed Oriole / Icterus chrysater, Crescent-chested Warbler / Oreothlypis superciliosa, Golden-browed Warbler / Basileuterus belli, Pink-headed Warbler / Cardellina versicolor, Painted Redstart or Painted Whitestart / Myioborus pictus, Flame-colored Piranga, Flame-colored Tanager / Piranga bidentata, Yellow Grosbeak / Pheucticus chrysopeplus, Azure-rumped Tanager / Poecilostreptus cabanisi, Red-legged Honeycreeper / Cyanerpes cyaneus.

Addres: Cacahoatán, Chiapas.

Contact details:
Nelson Perez Miguel
Certified Guide
Telephone: 962 107 0950
Email: perezmiguelnelson@gmail.com