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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	1997	unknown	A1, A3
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	1997	unknown	A1
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata	NT	resident	1997	unknown	A1, A3
Key West Quail-dove Geotrygon chrysia	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	winter	1996-2006	98 individuals	A1, 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	1997	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 Pewee Contopus caribaeus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus	LC	resident	1997	unknown	A3
Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei	LC	resident	1997	unknown	A2, A3
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii	LC	resident	1997	unknown	A2, A3
Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi	LC	resident	1997	unknown	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	winter	1997	unknown	A1
Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Silla de Romano	Reserva Florística Manejada	1,995	protected area contained by site	0
Loma de Santa María	Refugio de Fauna	13,030	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Humedales de Cayo Romano	Área Protegida de Recursos Manejados	99,764	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	226,875	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Correa	Refugio de Fauna	7,938	protected area overlaps with site	0
Centro y Oeste de Cayo Paredón Grande	Wildlife Refuge	1,272	protected area overlaps with site	0
Cayo Cruz	Refugio de Fauna	1,149	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal		-
Forest	Mangrove	-
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub	-
Marine Neritic		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Introduced vegetation		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cayos Romano - Cruz - Megano Grande. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/19799 on 05/06/2023.