PR018
Ceiba and Naguabo


IBA Justification

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
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 birds 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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1918 Bosque Estatal de Ceiba State Forest (-) -
1979 Bosque Estatal de Ceiba Natural Reserve (Ia) 12

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest - Mangrove
Introduced vegetation -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Shrubland -

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 23/12/2024.