Key Biodiversity Areas

Humedal Sur de Sancti Spiritus (19793)
Cuba, Caribbean

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesSpatula discorsBlue-winged TealLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesPlegadis falcinellusGlossy IbisLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesLimnodromus griseusShort-billed DowitcherLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesTringa flavipesLesser YellowlegsLC2008D1alink-icon
AvesCalidris minutillaLeast SandpiperLC2008D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesSterna niloticaLC2008link-icon
AvesEudocimus albusWhite IbisLC2008link-icon
AvesPatagioenas leucocephalaWhite-crowned PigeonNT2008link-icon
AvesLarus atricillaLaughing GullLC2008link-icon
AvesDendrocygna arboreaWest Indian Whistling-duckVU2008link-icon
AvesColinus virginianusNorthern BobwhiteNT2008link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Humedal Sur de Sancti Spiritus. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 16, 2025.