Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2010
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea | VU | resident | 2006 | 300-700 individuals | A1, A2 |
Crested Quail-dove Geotrygon versicolor | NT | resident | 2000-2002 | 2-3 individuals | A1, A2 |
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 12-14 individuals | A2 |
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 65-81 individuals | A2 |
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 1-2 individuals | A2 |
Jamaican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vetula | LC | resident | 2006 | unknown | A2 |
Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata | EN | unknown | 2009 | 50-249 individuals | A1, A4ii |
Jamaican Tody Todus todus | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 10-13 individuals | A2 |
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 15-16 individuals | A2 |
Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria | VU | resident | 2007 | unknown | A1, A2 |
Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 5 individuals | A2 |
Large Jamaican Elaenia Elaenia fallax | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 10 individuals | A2 |
Small Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 1-3 individuals | A2 |
Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 1-3 individuals | A2 |
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 1-3 individuals | A2 |
Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni | NT | resident | 2000-2002 | 3-4 individuals | A1, A2 |
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 15-27 individuals | A2 |
Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea | VU | resident | 2007 | unknown | A1, A2 |
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 38-50 individuals | A2 |
Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli | VU | winter | 2007 | 90 individuals | A1 |
White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 26-28 individuals | A2 |
White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 30-31 individuals | A2 |
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 11-12 individuals | A2 |
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 12-17 individuals | A2 |
Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus | EN | resident | 2000-2002 | 7 individuals | A1, A2 |
Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 6 individuals | A2 |
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala | LC | resident | 2007 | 22-24 individuals | A2 |
Orangequit Euneornis campestris | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 28-48 individuals | A2 |
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus | LC | resident | 2000-2002 | 4 individuals | A2 |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Wallenford & Cedar Valley | Forest Reserve | 148 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Spring Pen | Forest Reserve | 181 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Spring Estate | Forest Reserve | 76 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Blue Mountains | Other Area | 0 | protected area contains site | 0 |
Blue Mountain Forest Reserve | Forest Reserve | 45,563 | protected area overlaps with site | 41,940 |
Blue and John Crow Mountains | National Park | 122,377 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Blue and John Crow Mountains | World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) | 26,252 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Montane broadleaf evergreen, Second-growth & disturbed | - |
Introduced vegetation | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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forestry | - |
water management | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
agriculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Blue Mountains. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 04/02/2023.