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The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Key West Quail-dove Geotrygon chrysia	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Grey-headed Quail-dove Geotrygon caniceps	VU	resident	2002	unknown	A1, A3
Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Pygmy-owl Glaucidium siju	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Bare-legged Screech-owl Margarobyas lawrencii	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Gundlach's Hawk Accipiter gundlachi	EN	resident	2002	unknown	A1, A3
Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Cuban Tody Todus multicolor	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A3
Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis	EN	resident	2002	unknown	A1, A3
La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger	LC	resident	2002	unknown	A3
Western Spindalis Spindalis zena	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra	NT	resident	2002	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).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Reserva de Biosfera Baconao	Área Protegida de Recursos Manejados	70,752	protected area contains site	0
Pico Mogote	Reserva Ecológica	1,493	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gran Piedra	Paisaje Natural Protegido	3,069	protected area overlaps with site	0
Baconao	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	92,360	protected area contains site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Montane broadleaf evergreen, Pine, Gallery & riparian, Second-growth & disturbed	-
Introduced vegetation		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry & agro-industrial plantations	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gran Piedra - Pico Mogote. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gran-piedra--pico-mogote-iba-cuba on 29/11/2023.