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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	2000	75-200 breeding pairs	B4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding	2000	480-620 breeding pairs	B4i
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	LC	breeding	2000	25-35,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	breeding	2000	50-155 breeding pairs	B4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	2007	630-35,975 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Reserva Natural Arrecifes De La Cordillera	State Conservation Area	84	protected area contained by site	0
La Cordillera	Natural Reserve	10,083	protected area contained by site	0
Culebra National Wildlife Refuge	National Wildlife Refuge	0	protected area contained by site	0
Culebra	National Wildlife Refuge	586	protected area contained by site	0
Canal Luis Peña	Natural Reserve	636	protected area contained by site	0
Cabezas de San Juan	Natural Reserve	30,836	protected area overlaps with site	0
Arrecifes de la Cordillera	Natural Reserve	10,137	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mangrove	-
Coastline		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Marine Neritic		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Shrubland		-
Introduced vegetation		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
military	-
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 Areas factsheet: Culebra. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.