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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
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	LC	breeding	2007	80 individuals	B4ii
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	2007	250 individuals	B4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding	2007	300 individuals	B4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	2007	250 individuals	A4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	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
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)
Soufriere/Scott's Head	Marine Reserve	535	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Point Des Foux. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/point-des-foux-iba-dominica on 25/09/2023.