HT009
Aux Becs-Croisés


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Hispaniolan Emerald Riccordia swainsonii LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Antillean Piculet Nesoctites micromegas LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Elaenia Elaenia cherriei LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea VU resident 2004 unknown A1, A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli VU winter 2004 unknown A1
Hispaniolan Crossbill Loxia megaplaga EN resident 2004 unknown A1, A2
Grey-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus poliocephalus NT resident 2004 unknown A1, A2
Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis LC resident 2004 unknown A2
Western Chat-tanager Calyptophilus tertius VU resident 2004 unknown A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1983 Parc Macaya Natural National Park 73

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Tropical wet limestone major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
other minor (<10)
nature conservation and research minor (<10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aux Becs-Croisés (Haiti). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aux-becs-croisés-iba-haiti on 22/11/2024.