page_title: Old Providence McBean Lagoon National Natural Park
section_title: Flora and fauna
hierarchical_section_title: Old Providence McBean Lagoon National Natural Park / Flora and fauna
caption_attribution_description: Español: Entrada al parque nacional natural Old Providence McBean Lagoon en Cayo Cangrejo.
context_page_description: The Old Providence McBean Lagoon National Natural Park is a national park located on the northeast side of Providencia Island in the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Colombia.
  It is one of three national parks in the Colombian Caribbean with coral reefs on its territories, the other two being Tayrona and Rosario and San Bernardo Corals.
context_section_description: The mangroves range from 3 m (9.8 ft)–12 m (39 ft) in height. The predominant species is red mangrove and there is also smaller populations of black mangrove and white mangrove.
  There are 74 recorded species of bird in the area. Noteworthy marine species include: Audubon's shearwater, magnificent frigatebird, brown booby and royal tern; non-marine: green heron and bananaquit (Coereba flaveola tricolor). The extensive area of marine grasses around the lagoon and bordering mangroves is made up of Thalassia testudinum and Syringodium filiforme.
caption: Park entry at Crab Cay
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