Species |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) of estimate |
Population estimate |
IBA Criteria Triggered |
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus |
NT |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1 |
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea |
NT |
resident |
1998 |
200 individuals |
A1, A3, A4i |
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber |
LC |
breeding |
2007 |
12,000 individuals |
A4i |
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala |
NT |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A1 |
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 |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Emerald Chlorostilbon ricordii |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis |
LC |
resident |
1999 |
102 individuals |
A4i |
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
216 individuals |
B4ii |
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus |
NT |
winter |
2006 |
32 individuals |
A1, A4i |
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla |
LC |
resident |
2003 |
820 individuals |
A4i |
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus |
LC |
resident |
2003 |
578 individuals |
A4i |
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus |
LC |
breeding |
2003 |
36 individuals |
B4i |
Gundlach's Hawk Accipiter gundlachi |
EN |
resident |
1998 |
unknown |
A1, 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 |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
NT |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Cuban Parakeet Psittacara euops |
VU |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A1, A3 |
Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris |
LC |
resident |
2005 |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii |
LC |
resident |
1998 |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata |
VU |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A1, A2, A3 |
Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A2, A3 |
Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis |
LC |
resident |
2007 |
unknown |
A3 |
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis |
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 |
resident |
2000 |
unknown |
A1 |
Cuban Bullfinch Pyrrhulagra nigra |
NT |
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
Protected Area |
Designation |
Area (ha) |
Relationship with IBA |
Overlap with IBA (ha) |
Loma de Santa María
|
Refugio de Fauna |
13,030 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Loma de Cunagua
|
Refugio de Fauna |
8,228 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Humedales de Cayo Romano
|
Área Protegida de Recursos Manejados |
99,764 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
226,875 |
protected area contained by site |
226,875 |
El Venero
|
Refugio de Fauna |
10,310 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Centro y Oeste de Cayo Coco
|
Reserva Ecológica |
17,856 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Buenavista
|
Área Protegida de Recursos Manejados |
63,933 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Buenavista
|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve |
313,500 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Buenavista
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
313,500 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
IUCN Habitat |
Habitat detail |
Extent (% of site) |
Forest |
Mangrove, Tropical semi-deciduous forest |
- |
Wetlands (inland) |
Bogs, Coastal lagoons, Estuarine waters, Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats |
- |
Sea |
Sea inlets, Shallow marine areas, coral reefs and keys, Pelagic waters |
- |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
|
- |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
Urban and industrial areas |
- |
Introduced vegetation |
|
- |
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