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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	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
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
Blue-headed Hummingbird Riccordia bicolor	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Red-necked Amazon Amazona arausiaca	VU	resident	2007	200-500 individuals	A1, A2
Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis	CR	resident	2007	< 50 individuals	A1, 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
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri	NT	resident	2007	100 individuals	A1, A2
Hispaniolan Euphonia Euphonia musica	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

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Morne Trois Pitons National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	6,857	is identical to site	0
Morne Trois Pitons	National Park	7,238	is identical to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Morne Trois Pitons National Park. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/morne-trois-pitons-national-park-iba-dominica on 01/12/2023.