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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus	NT	resident	2006	unknown	A1
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	breeding	2003	150 breeding pairs	A1, A3, A4i
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber	LC	breeding	2006	20,000 individuals	A4i
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1
Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	resident	2006	10,000 individuals	A4i
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla	NT	winter	2006	10,000 individuals	A4i
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus	VU	passage	2006	3,000 individuals	A4i
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes	VU	winter	2006	5,000 individuals	A4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2007	50 individuals	B4i
Cuban Pygmy-owl Glaucidium siju	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Gundlach's Hawk Accipiter gundlachi	EN	resident	2007	unknown	A1, 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	2006	13 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A3
Cuban Parakeet Psittacara euops	VU	resident	2007	250 individuals	A1, 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 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
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris	LC	passage	2005	unknown	A1
Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	-	2007	50,000-99,999 unknown	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2001	Delta del Cauto	Refugio de Fauna	88
2002	Humedal Delta del Cauto	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	79
2008	Ojo de Agua	Refugio de Fauna	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Delta del Cauto (Cuba). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/delta-del-cauto-iba-cuba on 22/11/2024.