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Critical Commentary
Where can birders perform their hobby in a place such as Mexico City? It can be anywhere really because birds can be seen on roofs, in fences or in lampposts. However, there are privileged locations, spaces that have been classified as "natural" within the urban area. Mexico's capital city today has 19 Natural Protected Areas (ANP) of which 8 are considered National Parks, and that in total total 20,924.95 hectares, 23% of the Conservation Land of Mexico City. To this territory we can add numerous parks and gardens, such as Chapultepec, San Juan de Aragón, Parque Hundido, Los Coyotes, Viveros de Coyoacán and Alamedas Norte, Sur, Oriente and Poniente. Most of the ANPs and natural areas are concentrated in the south of the City, a considerable part in the semi-rural districts, such as Xochimilco, Milpa Alta and Tláhuac. This regions have urbanized or semi-urbanized areas of considerable extension, both agricultural and forested, that they share with Estado de México and Morelos.