HT008
Aux Cornichons


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
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata NT resident 2005 unknown A1
Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus LC resident 2005 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Emerald Riccordia swainsonii LC resident 2005 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus longirostris LC resident 2005 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Trogon Temnotrogon roseigaster LC resident 2005 unknown A1, A2
Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris LC resident 2005 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus LC resident 2005 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Amazon Amazona ventralis VU resident 2005 unknown A1, A2
Hispaniolan Parakeet Psittacara chloropterus VU resident 2005 unknown A1, A2
Hispaniolan Elaenia Elaenia cherriei LC resident 2005 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Pewee Contopus hispaniolensis LC resident 2005 unknown A2
Palm Crow Corvus palmarum LC resident 2005 unknown A1, A2
Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea VU resident 2005 unknown A1, A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis LC resident 2005 unknown A2
Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli VU winter 2005 unknown A1
La Selle Thrush Turdus swalesi VU resident 2005 unknown A1, A2
Antillean Siskin Spinus dominicensis LC resident 2005 unknown A2
White-winged Warbler Xenoligea montana VU resident 2005 unknown A1, A2
Green-tailed Warbler Microligea palustris LC resident 2005 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis LC resident 2005 unknown A2
Western Chat-tanager Calyptophilus tertius VU resident 2005 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 La Visite Natural National Park 100

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
water management -


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