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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Key West Quail-dove Geotrygon chrysia	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Blue-headed Quail-dove Starnoenas cyanocephala	EN	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis	LC	unknown	2007	unknown	A3
Antillean Palm-swift Tachornis phoenicobia	LC	unknown	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Emerald Chlorostilbon ricordii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Coccyzus merlini	NR	unknown	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Pygmy-owl Glaucidium siju	LC	unknown	2007	unknown	A3
Bare-legged Screech-owl Margarobyas lawrencii	LC	unknown	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
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	2007	unknown	A1, 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 Pewee Contopus caribaeus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2, A3
Icterus dominicensis	NR	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2, 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	winter	2007	unknown	A1
Pyrrhulagra nigra	NR	resident	2007	unknown	A3

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

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Peninsula de Guanahacabibes	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	119,189	is identical to site	0
Guanahacabibes	National Park	39,826	is identical to site	0
Guanahacabibes	Protected Area of Managed Resources	153,136	is identical to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mangrove, Tropical semi-deciduous forest, Flooded tropical evergreen forest	-
Coastline	Sandbars, sandbanks, sandspits, Cliffs, rocky shores, islets, freshwater	-
Sea	Shallow marine areas, coral reefs and keys	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Guanahacabibes. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/01/2020.