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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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	1982-1992	35-70 individuals	A1
Puerto Rican Mango Anthracothorax aurulentus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Owl Gymnasio nudipes	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Euphonia Euphonia sclateri	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Adelaide's Warbler Setophaga adelaidae	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Puerto Rican Bullfinch Melopyrrha portoricensis	VU	resident	2005	unknown	A2

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Reserva Natural Bosque De Pterocarpus De Humacao	Private Conservation	21
1984	El Pantano, Bosque de Pterocarpus y Lagunas Mandry y Santa Teresa	Natural Reserve	65
1984	Refugio de Vida Silvestre de Humacao	Wildlife Refuge	-
1986	Reserva Natural Bosque de Pterocarpus de Humacao	Natural Reserve	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Introduced vegetation		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Humacao (Puerto Rico (to USA)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/humacao-iba-puerto-rico-(to-usa) on 22/11/2024.