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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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)
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)
Forest	Mangrove	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards & groves	-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Coastline		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

Owned by the Government of Jamaica and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica with some areas of private agricultural and residential ownership on the periphery.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Black River Great Morass. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/02/2023.