JM004
Catadupa


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala NT resident (2007) 21 birds A1
Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea VU resident (2007) 28 birds A1, A2
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata NT resident (2007) 9 birds A1
Crested Quail-Dove Geotrygon versicolor NT resident (2007) 9 birds A1, A2
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango LC resident (2007) 1 birds A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima LC resident (2007) 6 birds A2
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus LC resident (2007) 67 birds A2
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis LC resident (2007) 5 birds A2
Jamaican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vetula LC resident (2007) 9 birds A2
Jamaican Owl Pseudoscops grammicus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Jamaican Tody Todus todus LC resident (2007) 18 birds A2
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus LC resident (2007) 49 birds A2
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis EN resident (2007) 18 unknown A1, A2
Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria VU resident (2007) 58 birds A1, A2
Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger LC resident (2007) 8 birds A2
Large Jamaican Elaenia Elaenia fallax LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Small Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta LC resident (2007) 17 birds A2
Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus LC resident (2007) 18 birds A2
Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris LC resident (2007) 1 birds A2
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus LC resident (2007) 11 birds A2
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus LC resident (2007) 6 birds A2
Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni NT resident (2007) 23 birds A1, A2
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus LC resident (2007) 71 birds A2
Jamaican Crow Corvus jamaicensis NT resident (2007) 8 birds A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis LC resident (2007) 3 birds A2
White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis LC resident (2007) 63 birds A2
White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius LC resident (2007) 13 birds A2
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica LC resident (2007) 9 birds A2
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx LC resident (2007) 13 birds A2
Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra LC resident (2007) 22 birds A2
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala LC resident (2007) 25 birds A2
Orangequit Euneornis campestris LC resident (2007) 48 birds A2
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus LC resident (2007) 12 birds A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1950 Fyffe & Rankine Forest Reserve (VI) 7
1950 Shuna Forest Reserve (VI) 3
1950 Jericho Forest Reserve (VI) 1
1950 Belfont Forest Reserve (VI) 1
1950 Garlands Block A Forest Reserve (VI) -
1955 Garlands Forest Reserve (VI) <1
1955 Chesterfield Forest Reserve (VI) <1
1955 Garlands Block C Forest Reserve (VI) -
1955 Garlands Block B Forest Reserve (VI) -

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture minor (<10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Catadupa (Jamaica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/catadupa-iba-jamaica on 22/12/2024.