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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Centre Hills	Forest Reserve	-
2014	Centre Hills	Protected Forest Area	82

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Centre Hills (Montserrat (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/centre-hills-iba-montserrat-(to-uk) on 23/11/2024.