Conservation
The reserve was classified as IUCN Managed Resource Protected Area. It has a total area of 2,023.54 km2 (781.29 sq mi), and its core area, the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, is sub-divided into 4 areas, called Cupeyal del Norte, Ojito de Agua, la Melba and Baracoa. Cuchillas del Toa was listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1987.
The reserve protects species such as the Cuban Solenodon (Solenodon cubanus, almiquÃ), Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus, Cuba's national bird), Gundlach's Hawk (Accipiter gundlachi) and Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus), some endangered.
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