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The site was identified as important in 2010 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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber	LC	resident	2005	15,000 individuals	A4i
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	resident	2007	30 individuals	B4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	resident	2007	184 individuals	B4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2007	108 individuals	B4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	winter	2007	140 individuals	B4i
Cuban Pygmy-owl Glaucidium siju	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Tody Todus multicolor	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Fernandina's Flicker Colaptes fernandinae	EN	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A3
Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2, A3
Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2, A3
Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Western Spindalis Spindalis zena	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2001	Cayos Los Ballenatos y manglares de la bahía de Nuevitas	Refugio de Fauna	10
2010	Laguna Larga	Reserva Florística Manejada	17
2010	Maternillos -Tortuguilla	Reserva Ecológica	14
2012	Cayo Sabinal	Área Protegida de Recursos Manejados	47

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove, Tropical deciduous, Tropical lowland evergreen	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cayo Sabinal, Ballenatos y Manglares de la Bahía de Nuevitas (Cuba). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cayo-sabinal-ballenatos-y-manglares-de-la-bahía-de-nuevitas-iba-cuba on 22/11/2024.