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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Green Mango Anthracothorax viridis	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Mango Anthracothorax aurulentus	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Emerald Riccordia maugaeus	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Screech-owl Megascops nudipes	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Amazon Amazona vittata	CR	resident	2006	22 individuals	A1, A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Euphonia Euphonia sclateri	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Adelaide's Warbler Setophaga adelaidae	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Tanager Nesospingus speculiferus	VU	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Melopyrrha portoricensis	NR	resident	2004	unknown	A2

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Reserva Natural Mata De Platano Field Station	Field	144	protected area contained by site	0
Finca Guillermeti	Private Conservation	195	protected area contained by site	0
Bosque Estatal De Vega	State Resource Management Area	482	protected area overlaps with site	0
Bosque Estatal de Rio Abajo	State Forest	2,274	protected area contained by site	0
Bosque Estatal De Río Abajo	State Resource Management Area	2,284	protected area contained by site	0
Bosque Estatal De Guajataca	State Resource Management Area	955	protected area contained by site	0
Bosque Estatal De Cambalache	State Resource Management Area	649	protected area overlaps with site	0
Bosque Estatal de Cambalache	State Forest	597	protected area contained by site	0
Area Natural Protegida Rio Encantado	Private Conservation	284	protected area overlaps with site	0

The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Ciudadanos del Karso	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local conservation groups please click here.

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Shrubland		-
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)		-
Introduced vegetation		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
agriculture	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Karso del Norte. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2023.