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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea	LC	resident (1997–2003)	100–1,000 individuals	A2
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis	LC	resident (1997–2003)	12,000–42,000 individuals	A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident (1997–2003)	100–1,000 individuals	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident (1997–2003)	32,000–127,000 individuals	A2
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident (2008)	unknown	A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca	LC	resident (1997–2003)	3,800–12,800 individuals	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident (1997–2003)	20,000–36,000 individuals	A2
Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda	LC	resident (1997–2003)	500–2,000 individuals	A2
Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri	NT	resident (1997–2003)	1,800–5,200 individuals	A1, A2
Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi	VU	resident (1997–2003)	930–3,000 individuals	A1, A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	LC	resident (1997–2003)	unknown	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Centre Hills	Forest Reserve (-)	-
2014	Centre Hills	Protected Forest Area (VI)	82

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
water management	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Centre Hills (Montserrat (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/centre-hills-iba-montserrat-(to-uk) on 13/01/2025.