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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
Green Mango Anthracothorax viridis	LC	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Mango Anthracothorax aurulentus	LC	resident (1997–1999)	1 birds	A2
Puerto Rican Emerald Riccordia maugaeus	LC	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti	LC	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Owl Gymnasio nudipes	LC	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus	LC	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis	LC	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri	LC	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Euphonia Euphonia sclateri	LC	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Adelaide's Warbler Setophaga adelaidae	LC	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis	LC	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Tanager Nesospingus speculiferus	VU	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Bullfinch Melopyrrha portoricensis	VU	resident (1997–1999)	unknown	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Bosque Estatal De Toro Negro	State Resource Management Area (VI)	15
-	Bosque Estatal De Tres Picachos	State Resource Management Area (VI)	11
-	Bosque Estatal De Monte Guilarte	State Resource Management Area (VI)	9
-	Bosque La Olimpia	Private Conservation (V)	1
-	Bosque Estatal de los Tres Picachos	State Forest (-)	-
1934	Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro	State Forest (-)	-
1935	Bosque Estatal de Guilarte	State Forest (-)	-
1996	Bosque del Pueblo	State Forest (-)	-
2000	Area Natural Protegida del Rio Encantado	Protected Natural Area (-)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Elfin; Montane broadleaf evergreen
Introduced vegetation	-

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico (to USA)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cordillera-central-iba-puerto-rico-(to-usa) on 23/12/2024.