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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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala	EN	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii	LC	breeding	2006	unknown	A3
Cuban Nightjar Antrostomus cubanensis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
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
Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A3
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis	EN	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2, A3
Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2, 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	winter	2007	unknown	A1
Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A3

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
1987	Peninsula de Guanahacabibes	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
2001	Peninsula de Guanahacabibes	Área Protegida de Recursos Manejados	100
2001	Guanahacabibes	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	22
2001	Guanahacabibes	Parque Nacional	22
2012	Ciénaga de Lugones	Refugio de Fauna	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove, Tropical semi-deciduous, Flooded tropical evergreen	80
Marine Neritic		20
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	90
nature conservation and research	40
tourism/recreation	25
agriculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

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