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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	unknown (2007)	< 50 birds	A1
Palm Crow Corvus palmarum	LC	resident (2007)	90 birds	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2004	Las Dunas de las Calderas	Monumento Natural (III)	98

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	37	Arid lowland scrub; Second-growth & disturbed scrub; Scrub
Artificial/Terrestrial	13	Other urban & industrial areas; Arable land
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	major (>10)	Salt pans & salinas
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Forest	minor (<10)	Mangrove; Second-growth & disturbed
Marine Neritic	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	77
military	10
agriculture	8
urban/industrial/transport	5
other	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bahía de las Calderas (Dominican Republic). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bahía-de-las-calderas-iba-dominican-republic on 23/12/2024.