Cayo Pájaros

Cayo Pájaros: coast and water

1700 m at 260°: Punta Gorda (point); 2170 m at 274°: Ensenada Limón (cove); 2360 m at 202°: Bahía de Levisa (bay); 3760 m at 270°: Punta Angostura (point); 3780 m at 97°: Punta Los Cocos (point); 4150 m at 77°: Bajo Luberal (shoal); 4820 m at 81°: Punta Pesquero (point); 4880 m at 139°: Ensenada Carbón (cove).

Cayo Pájaros: islands

2350 m at 142°: Cayo Grande (island); 2460 m at 270°: Cayo Limón (island); 2740 m at 228°: Cayo Ratón (island); 3980 m at 159°: Cayo Lechuza (island); 4410 m at 161°: Cayo Santillana (island); 4450 m at 214°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 5750 m at 165°: Cayo Tortuga (island); 5800 m at 251°: Cayo Yarey Grande (island); 5800 m at 251°: Cayo Yarey Chico (island); 6000 m at 253°: Cayo Madama (islet); 7520 m at 268°: Cayo Corúa (island).

Cayo Pájaros: inland

4320 m at 345°: Carbonera (locality); 4480 m at 90°: Carbonero (settlement); 5640 m at 266°: Palmarito (settlement); 5770 m at 213°: Nícaro-Levisa (settlement); 6020 m at 132°: Río Cabonico (stream); 6150 m at 127°: Dos Bahías (locality).

Cayo Pájaros: distances

6690 m at 206°: Nicaro-Levisa; 7350 m at 82°: Corinthia Beach; 8540 m at 270°: Felton; 83550 m at 274°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 26330 m at 297°: Port of Antilla (port); 92170 m at 204°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 22630 m at 155°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal; 33050 m at 319°: Comité Militar Banes.

Cayo Pájaros: close by

2350 m at 142°: Cayo Grande (cay); 2460 m at 270°: Cayo Limón (cay); 2740 m at 228°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 3050 m at 335°: Cayo Saetía (cay); 3980 m at 159°: Cayo Lechuza (cay); 4400 m at 161°: Cayo Santillana (cay); 4450 m at 214°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 4520 m at 259°: Isla Makey (cay); 5740 m at 165°: Cayo Tortuga (cay); 5790 m at 251°: Cayo Yarey Chico (cay); 5790 m at 251°: Cayo Yarey Grande (cay); 5990 m at 253°: Cayo Madama (cay).

Cayo Pájaros: on and around

Within 15 km: 10 guest houses & hostels, 8 coral reefs, 8 schools, 6 mines & quarries, 6 police & fire, 5 places of worship, 4 factories & works, 4 stations & terminals, 4 clinics & polyclinics, 3 theatres & arts.

4040 m at 325°: Cantera (mines & quarries); 4540 m at 235°: Casa Videojuegos EHR (guest houses & hostels); 4610 m at 238°: Establecimientos de bebidas y alojamiento (attractions); 4710 m at 240°: Puerto de Nicaro (mines & quarries); 4810 m at 234°: Casa de alquiler (guest houses & hostels); 4950 m at 224°: Cine (theatres & arts); 5350 m at 84°: Campismo Popular Carenerito (camp sites); 5680 m at 341°: Playa Cayo Saetía (stations & terminals); 5920 m at 254°: Cayo Madama isla (attractions); 6350 m at 315°: Casa de los Pilotos (guest houses & hostels); 7890 m at 306°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 7980 m at 306°: Campamento de Pioneros Cayo Seitía (camp sites); 8140 m at 201°: Capitán del Ejercicio Rebelde Melquiades González López (historic & heritage).

Cayo Pájaros: marine life records

47 records of 31 species within 10 km, 1986 to 2026: 19 fish, 11 molluscs, 7 crustaceans, 3 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 other, 1 corals, 1 marine mammals, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 echinoderms. That is 15.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Abudefduf saxatilis, 5 (fish); Acanthopleura granulata, 4 (molluscs); Coenobita clypeatus, 4 (crustaceans); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Halichoeres bivittatus, 2 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 2 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Acanthurus chirurgus, 2 (fish); Phyllorhiza punctata, 2 (other); Dallocardia muricata, 1 (molluscs); Plagusia depressa, 1 (crustaceans); Egretta tricolor, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.

Cayo Pájaros: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

Getting to Cayo Pájaros

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Mayarí stands about 6.6 km away.