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Ceiba and Naguabo


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') at the site:
Species Red List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Puerto Rican Mango Anthracothorax aurulentus LC resident 1994 unknown A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus LC resident 1994 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Emerald Riccordia maugaeus LC resident 1994 unknown A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus LC resident 1994 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti LC resident 1994 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Owl Gymnasio nudipes LC resident 1994 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus LC resident 1994 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis LC resident 1994 unknown A2
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum LC resident 1994 unknown A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus LC resident 1994 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Euphonia Euphonia sclateri LC resident 1994 unknown A2
Yellow-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius xanthomus EN resident 2007 1 individuals A1, A2
Adelaide's Warbler Setophaga adelaidae LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis LC resident 2005 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.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1918 Bosque Estatal de Ceiba State Forest -
1979 Bosque Estatal de Ceiba Natural Reserve 12

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Mangrove -
Introduced vegetation -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Shrubland -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research -
other -


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