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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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	1997	50-249 individuals	A1, A4i
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata	NT	resident	2007	unknown	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
Jamaican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vetula	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens	LC	resident	1997	300 individuals	B4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	resident	1997	600 individuals	B4i
Jamaican Owl Pseudoscops grammicus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Jamaican Tody Todus todus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Small Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta	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
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii	LC	resident	2007	3,000-5,000 individuals	A2
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus	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)
Portland Bight Wetlands and Cays	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	24,542	protected area contained by site	24,542
Portland Bight	Protected Area	197,320	protected area contains site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mangrove	-
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub, Scrub	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-
water management	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Portland Ridge and Bight. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/portland-ridge-and-bight-iba-jamaica on 07/12/2023.