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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata	NT	resident	1990	50-249 individuals	A1
Green Mango Anthracothorax viridis	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Mango Anthracothorax aurulentus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Emerald Riccordia maugaeus	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Screech-owl Megascops nudipes	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Euphonia Euphonia sclateri	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Elfin Woods Warbler Setophaga angelae	EN	resident	1977	unknown	A1, A2
Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Tanager Nesospingus speculiferus	VU	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Bullfinch Melopyrrha portoricensis	VU	resident	1994	unknown	A2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Carite	Commonwealth Forest	2,705	protected area contained by site	2,705
Bosque Estatal De Carite	State Resource Management Area	2,700	protected area contained by site	0
Area Natural Protegida Jorge Sotomayor Del Toro	Private Conservation	16	protected area contained by site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Elfin	-
Introduced vegetation		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Carite. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/carite-iba-puerto-rico-(to-usa) on 01/10/2023.