HT008
Aux Cornichons


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) 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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1983 La Visite Natural National Park (II) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10) Tropical wet limestone

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 23/12/2024.