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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
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2005	unknown	A1
Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Gray-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps	VU	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala	EN	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata	EN	breeding	2004	46 individuals	A1, A4ii
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 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
Cuban Solitaire Myadestes elisabeth	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A3
Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli	VU	winter	2007	unknown	A1
Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A3
Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis	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
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	Turquino	Parque Nacional	47
2012	Pico La Bayamesa	Parque Nacional	50

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Pine, Second-growth & disturbed, Montane broadleaf evergreen	97
Artificial/Terrestrial	Abandoned & fallow farmland, disturbed ground, Arable land	-
Introduced vegetation		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	95
tourism/recreation	5

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