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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	2007	unknown	A1
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2005	unknown	A1
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala	EN	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
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
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	2007	unknown	A1, 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	48 individuals	A1, A3
Cuban Parakeet Psittacara euops	VU	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	35 breeding pairs	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
Palm Crow Corvus palmarum	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A2, A3
Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2, 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	winter	2007	unknown	A1
Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora	LC	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
2001	Sierra del Chorrillo	Área Protegida de Recursos Manejados	4
2001	Bosque Fósil de Najasa	Elemento Natural Destacado	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)		-
Forest	Gallery & riparian, Second-growth & disturbed	-
Introduced vegetation		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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