PR011
Salinas de Punta Cucharas


IBA Justification

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
Green Mango Anthracothorax viridis LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Mango Anthracothorax aurulentus LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Emerald Riccordia maugaeus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Least Tern Sternula antillarum LC breeding 2004-2006 81-89 individuals B4i
Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Euphonia Euphonia sclateri LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Adelaide's Warbler Setophaga adelaidae LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Melopyrrha portoricensis NR resident 2004 unknown A2

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


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Bosque Estatal de Guánica Natural Reserve 5,245 protected area is adjacent to site 0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Neritic -
Introduced vegetation -
Shrubland -
Forest Mangrove -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation -
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salinas de Punta Cucharas. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/salinas-de-punta-cucharas-iba-puerto-rico-(to-usa) on 24/09/2023.