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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
Bridled Quail-dove Geotrygon mystacea	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Swift Chaetura martinica	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Guadeloupe Woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri	LC	resident	2007	7,500-10,330 breeding pairs	A1, A2
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A2
Lesser Antillean Euphonia Euphonia flavifrons	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	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)
Guadeloupe [aire d'adhésion]	Parc national, aire d'adhésion	212,463	protected area overlaps with site	0
Guadeloupe	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	246,430	protected area contains site	0
Guadeloupe	Parc national, zone cœur	22,062	protected area overlaps with site	17,300
Archipel de la Guadeloupe	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	69,707	protected area contains site	38,705

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Grassland		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Forestry massif of Basse-Terre island. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/02/2023.