Yucatán Channel many of these died. Some recolonisation has since taken place. The Campeche Bank is a biodiverse area and it and other parts of the Yucatán Channel are heavily fished by artisan fishermen who converge on the area from along the coast of Mexico. The area is threatened by over exploitation. Yucatán Channel The Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán (Spanish: "Canal de Yucatán") is a strait between Mexico and Cuba. It connects the Yucatán Basin of the Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Mexico. It is just over wide and nearly deep at its deepest point near the coast of
Yucatan flycatcher Yucatan flycatcher The Yucatan flycatcher ("Myiarchus yucatanensis") is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and the northern bordering parts of Belize and Guatemala. It is a typical "Myiarchus" flycatcher; partially crested with a brown to gray back and head, a rufous tail and yellow to pale underparts. It is closely related to and similar in appearance to the dusky-capped flycatcher ("M. tuberculifer"), brown-crested flycatcher ("M. tyrannulus") and the great crested flycatcher ("M. crinitus"). These species are best distinguished by voice. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests