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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
Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Hispaniolan Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus longirostris	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Ashy-faced Owl Tyto glaucops	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Hispaniolan Amazon Amazona ventralis	VU	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A2
Hispaniolan Pewee Contopus hispaniolensis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Flat-billed Vireo Vireo nanus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A2
Palmchat Dulus dominicus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Black-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2

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

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mangrove	-
Shrubland		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Punta Cana. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/punta-cana-iba-dominican-republic on 28/09/2023.