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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata	NT	resident	1990	50-249 individuals	A1
Green Mango Anthracothorax viridis	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Mango Anthracothorax aurulentus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Emerald Riccordia maugaeus	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Owl Gymnasio nudipes	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Euphonia Euphonia sclateri	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Elfin Woods Warbler Setophaga angelae	EN	resident	1977	unknown	A1, A2
Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis	LC	resident	1988	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Tanager Nesospingus speculiferus	VU	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Bullfinch Melopyrrha portoricensis	VU	resident	1994	unknown	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Bosque Estatal De Carite	State Resource Management Area	45
-	Area Natural Protegida Jorge Sotomayor Del Toro	Private Conservation	<1
1936	Carite	Commonwealth Forest	45

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Elfin	-
Introduced vegetation		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Carite (Puerto Rico (to USA)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/carite-iba-puerto-rico-(to-usa) on 23/11/2024.