Species |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) of estimate |
Population estimate |
IBA Criteria Triggered |
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus |
NT |
resident |
2003 |
unknown |
A1 |
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea |
NT |
resident |
2003 |
1,000 individuals |
A1, A3, A4i |
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber |
LC |
breeding |
2003 |
100,000 individuals |
A4i |
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala |
NT |
resident |
2003 |
unknown |
A1 |
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata |
NT |
resident |
2003 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Key West Quail-dove Geotrygon chrysia |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Grey-headed Quail-dove Geotrygon caniceps |
VU |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii |
LC |
breeding |
2006 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Antillean Palm-swift Tachornis phoenicobia |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Emerald Chlorostilbon ricordii |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
800 individuals |
B4i |
Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritus |
LC |
breeding |
2007 |
40,000 individuals |
A4i |
Cuban Pygmy-owl Glaucidium siju |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Bare-legged Screech-owl Margarobyas lawrencii |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Gundlach's Hawk Accipiter gundlachi |
EN |
resident |
2003 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Tody Todus multicolor |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Fernandina's Flicker Colaptes fernandinae |
VU |
resident |
2003 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris |
LC |
resident |
2006 |
unknown |
A3 |
Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus |
LC |
resident |
2003 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei |
LC |
resident |
2003 |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi |
LC |
resident |
2003 |
2-132 individuals |
A2, A3 |
Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Western Spindalis Spindalis zena |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris |
LC |
resident |
2003 |
unknown |
A1 |
Cuban Bullfinch Pyrrhulagra nigra |
NT |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
breeding |
2007 |
50,000-99,999 unknown |
A4iii |
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.
For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here
Protected Area |
Designation |
Area (ha) |
Relationship with IBA |
Overlap with IBA (ha) |
Río Máximo
|
Refugio de Fauna |
8,020 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Laguna Larga
|
Reserva Florística Manejada |
11,267 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Humedales de Cayo Romano
|
Área Protegida de Recursos Manejados |
99,764 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Humedal Río Máximo-Cagüey
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
22,000 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Cayo Sabinal
|
Área Protegida de Recursos Manejados |
11,637 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Cayo Guajaba
|
Área Protegida de Recursos Manejados |
1,827 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
IUCN Habitat |
Habitat detail |
Extent (% of site) |
Forest |
Mangrove, Gallery (or Riparian) forest, Flooded tropical evergreen forest, Tropical lowland evergreen forest, Tropical deciduous forest |
- |
Wetlands (inland) |
Bogs, Coastal lagoons, Estuarine waters, Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats, Freshwater marshes/swamps, Rivers, Streams |
- |
Sea |
Sea inlets, Shallow marine areas, coral reefs and keys |
- |
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