KY006
Eastern Dry Forest


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
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala NT resident 2006 150 individuals A1
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica LC resident 2005 unknown A2
Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister LC resident 2006 unknown A2
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris LC resident 2006 unknown A2
Vitelline Warbler Setophaga vitellina NT resident 2006 unknown A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern Dry Forest (Cayman Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-dry-forest-iba-cayman-islands-(to-uk) on 23/11/2024.