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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 (2004)	unknown	A1
Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus	LC	resident (2004)	unknown	A2
Hispaniolan Emerald Riccordia swainsonii	LC	resident (2004)	unknown	A2
Hispaniolan Trogon Temnotrogon roseigaster	LC	resident (2004)	unknown	A1, 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
Hispaniolan Euphonia Euphonia musica	LC	resident (2004)	unknown	A2
Grey-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus poliocephalus	NT	resident (2004)	unknown	A1, A2
White-winged Warbler Xenoligea montana	VU	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1983	Parc Macaya	Natural National Park (II)	88

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

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
energy production and mining	-
rangeland/pastureland	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bois Musicien (Haiti). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bois-musicien-iba-haiti on 22/12/2024.