PR012
Cienaga Las Cucharillas


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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea NT breeding (1992) 35–40 birds A1
Puerto Rican Mango Anthracothorax aurulentus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Puerto Rican Emerald Riccordia maugaeus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Puerto Rican Owl Gymnasio nudipes LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis LC resident (2005) unknown A2
Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri LC resident (2005) unknown A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus LC resident (2005) unknown A2
Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis LC resident (2005) unknown A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Reserva Natural La Cienaga Las Cucharillas State Conservation Area (V) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland) major (>10)
Forest - Mangrove
Introduced vegetation -
Shrubland -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised -
rangeland/pastureland -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cienaga Las Cucharillas (Puerto Rico (to USA)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cienaga-las-cucharillas-iba-puerto-rico-(to-usa) on 23/12/2024.