Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge

Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Coordinates: 32 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 113 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  W.
Location:	Arizona , United States
Next city:	Ajo
Surface:	3,480 km²
Founding:	1939

The Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife sanctuary on the type of a National Wildlife Refuge in the Sonoran Desert . It is located in Pima County in the south of the US state Arizona and borders Mexico over a length of 90 km . With 3480 km² it is larger than Luxembourg and the third largest game reserve in the Lower States. The name Cabeza Prieta comes from the Spanish and means dark head, derived from a mountain of the same name in the reserve.

The area is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service , an agency under the umbrella of the US Department of the Interior .

Specially protected animals

• Pocket mice
• Desert bighorn sheep
• Crotapyhtus
• Red-tailed buzzard
• Red Crown Tyrant
• Helmet quail

Visits

The best time to visit the wildlife sanctuary is between November and March.

Web links

Commons : Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Fish and Wildlife Service: Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (official site )