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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
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 Chlorostilbon 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
Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident	2007	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
Puerto Rican Bullfinch Pyrrhulagra portoricensis	LC	resident	2004	unknown	A2

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)
Bosque Estatal de Guánica	Natural Reserve	5,245	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Coastline		-
Sea		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Introduced vegetation		-
Shrubland		-
Forest	Mangrove	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Salinas de Punta Cucharas. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/01/2022.