The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus |
NT |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1 |
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea |
NT |
resident |
2005 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala |
NT |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1 |
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata |
NT |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Grey-headed Quail-dove Geotrygon caniceps |
VU |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Blue-headed Quail-dove Starnoenas cyanocephala |
EN |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii |
LC |
resident |
2006 |
unknown |
A3 |
Antillean Palm-swift Tachornis phoenicobia |
LC |
resident |
2005 |
unknown |
A3 |
Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae |
NT |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
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 |
2007 |
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 |
EN |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris |
LC |
resident |
2006 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
NT |
resident |
2005 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis |
EN |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei |
LC |
resident |
2005 |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis |
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 |
Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra |
NT |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).
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