The
Bairoa River Protected Natural Area (Spanish:
Área natural protegida del Río Bairoa), located in
Bairoa, Caguas, is a forested section of the Bairoa River designated a natural protected area since 2016 by the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust (
Para la Naturaleza). The 584-acre protected area runs along the river and it constitutes an important secondary forest tract and hydrological drainage ecosystem for the
Loíza River. The area is also an important habitat for the Puerto Rican plain pigeon (
Patagioenas inornata wetmorei). ==See also==