[1] Insurgente José María Morelos National Park is located 23 km east of Morelia, in the municipalities of Charo and Tzitzio.

The park includes hills, mountains, stream valleys, with elevations ranging from 1340 to 2640 meters.

They include the banded quail (Philortyx fasciatus), buff-collared nightjar (Antrostomus ridgwayi), dusky hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), gray-barred wren (Campylorhynchus megalopterus), spotted wren (Campylorhynchus gularis), ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush (Catharus frantzii), rufous-backed thrush (Turdus rufopalliatus), golden vireo (Vireo hypochryseus), chestnut-sided shrike-vireo (Vireolanius melitophrys), red-headed tanager (Piranga erythrocephala), rusty-crowned ground sparrow (Melozone kieneri), and black-headed siskin (Spinus notatus).

The slaty finch (Haplospiza rustica) has been recorded in the park, but may be transient rather than resident.

[3] The park is named for José María Morelos (1765–1815), a rebel leader in the Mexican War of Independence.