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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
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	1989	100 individuals	A1, A4i
Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors	LC	winter	2000	120,000 individuals	A4i
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1
White Ibis Eudocimus albus	LC	resident	2007	1,000 individuals	A4i
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	resident	2007	20,000 individuals	A4i
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla	LC	winter	2000	10,000 individuals	A4i
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus	LC	resident	2007	5,000 individuals	A4i
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes	LC	winter	2000	5,000 individuals	A4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	resident	2007	1,000 individuals	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	2007	500 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2007	100,000-499,999 unknown	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

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tunas de Zaza	Refugio de Fauna	5,312	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Gallery (or Riparian) forest, Palm forest, Mangrove	-
Grassland	Second-growth or grazed grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Coastal lagoons, Freshwater marshes/swamps, Estuarine waters, Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats, Rivers	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Abandoned or fallow farmland, disturbed ground, Rice paddies	-
Introduced vegetation		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Humedal Sur de Sancti Spiritus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/04/2021.