Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea | NT | resident | 2007 | 100-300 individuals | A1, A4i |
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps | LC | resident | 2007 | 1,000-2,499 individuals | A4i |
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala | NT | resident | 2007 | 500 individuals | A1 |
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
American Coot Fulica americana | LC | resident | 2007 | 50 individuals | A1 |
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis | LC | resident | 2007 | 250 individuals | B4i |
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens | LC | resident | 2007 | 100 individuals | B4ii |
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla | LC | resident | 2007 | 500 individuals | A4i |
Least Tern Sternula antillarum | LC | resident | 2007 | 250 individuals | B4i |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | resident | 2007 | 250 individuals | B4i |
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus | LC | resident | 2007 | 250 individuals | B4i |
Jamaican Owl Pseudoscops grammicus | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Orangequit Euneornis campestris | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | A2 |
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus | LC | resident | 2007 | unknown | 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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Black River Lower Morass | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 5,700 | protected area contained by site | 14,085 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Mangrove | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Perennial crops, orchards & groves | - |
Wetlands (inland) | - | |
Coastline | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
rangeland/pastureland | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Black River Great Morass. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 04/02/2023.