Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus |
NT |
resident (2007) |
unknown |
A1 |
| West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea |
NT |
resident (1989) |
100 birds |
A1, A4i |
| Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors |
LC |
winter (2000) |
120,000 birds |
A4i |
| White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala |
NT |
resident (2007) |
unknown |
A1 |
| White Ibis Eudocimus albus |
LC |
resident (2007) |
1,000 birds |
A4i |
| Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus |
LC |
resident (2007) |
20,000 birds |
A4i |
| Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla |
NT |
winter (2000) |
10,000 birds |
A4i |
| Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus |
VU |
resident (2007) |
5,000 birds |
A4i |
| Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes |
VU |
winter (2000) |
5,000 birds |
A4i |
| Laughing Gull Larus atricilla |
LC |
resident (2007) |
1,000 birds |
A4i |
| Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica |
LC |
breeding (2007) |
500 birds |
A4i |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (2007) |
100,000-499,999 unknown |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 2001 |
Tunas de Zaza
|
Refugio de Fauna (IV) |
1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
44 |
Arable land |
| Grassland |
32 |
Second-growth & grazed |
| Forest |
22 |
Gallery & riparian; Mangrove |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
10 |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
minor (<10) |
|
| Marine Neritic |
minor (<10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
70 |
| hunting |
10 |
| tourism/recreation |
5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Humedal Sur de Sancti Spiritus (Cuba). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/humedal-sur-de-sancti-spiritus-iba-cuba on 23/12/2024.
