JM006
Litchfield Mountain - Matheson's Run


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala NT resident 2007 unknown A1
Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea VU resident 2007 50-100 individuals A1, A2
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata NT resident 2007 unknown A1
Crested Quail-dove Geotrygon versicolor NT resident 2007 unknown A1, A2
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
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis LC resident 2006 unknown A2
Jamaican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vetula LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Jamaican Tody Todus todus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis EN resident 2007 unknown A1, A2
Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria VU resident 2007 unknown A1, A2
Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Small Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta 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
Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni NT resident 2007 unknown A1, A2
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Jamaican Crow Corvus jamaicensis NT resident 2007 unknown A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis LC resident 2007 unknown A2
White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis 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
Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus EN resident 2007 unknown A1, A2
Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Orangequit Euneornis campestris LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus LC resident 2007 unknown A2

The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Richmond Pen- Block H Forest Reserve 90 protected area overlaps with site 0
Richmond Pen- Block F Forest Reserve 90 protected area contained by site 0
Richmond Pen- Block E Forest Reserve 90 protected area contained by site 0
Richmond Pen- Block D Forest Reserve 90 protected area contained by site 0
Richmond Pen- Block C Forest Reserve 90 protected area contained by site 0
Richmond Pen- Block B Forest Reserve 90 protected area contained by site 0
Richmond Pen- Block A Forest Reserve 90 protected area contained by site 0
Llandaff Forest Reserve 129 protected area contained by site 0
Litchfield-Matheson's Run Forest Reserve 4,649 protected area overlaps with site 0
Litchfield (Lychfield Matheson's Run) Forest Reserve 4,485 protected area contained by site 0
Hyde Hall Mountain Forest Reserve 662 protected area contained by site 0
Discovery Forest Reserve 150 protected area contained by site 0
Cockpit Country Forest Reserve 22,175 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Brislington Crown Land Other Area 232 protected area contained by site 0
Belmont Forest Reserve 31 protected area contained by site 0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
energy production and mining -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Litchfield Mountain - Matheson's Run. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/litchfield-mountain--mathesons-run-iba-jamaica on 19/03/2024.