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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	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

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1983	Parc Macaya	Natural National Park	88

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical wet limestone	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.