HT002
Citadelle - Grottes Dondon


IBA Justification

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
Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus LC resident 1993 present A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima LC resident 1993 present A2
Hispaniolan Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus longirostris LC resident 1993 present A2
Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris LC resident 1993 present A2
Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus LC resident 1993 present A2
Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus LC resident 1993 present A2
Hispaniolan Amazon Amazona ventralis VU resident 1993 present A1, A2
Hispaniolan Parakeet Psittacara chloropterus VU resident 1993 present A1, A2
Hispaniolan Elaenia Elaenia cherriei LC resident 1993 present A2
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus LC resident 1993 present A2
White-necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus VU resident 1993 present A1, A2
Palm Crow Corvus palmarum LC resident 1993 present A1, A2
Palmchat Dulus dominicus LC resident 1993 present A2
Hispaniolan Euphonia Euphonia musica LC resident 1993 present A2
Black-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum LC resident 1993 present A2

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1968 La Citadelle, Sans Souci, Ramiers Natural National Park 20

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Tropical wet limestone major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
not utilised -
tourism/recreation -
rangeland/pastureland -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Citadelle - Grottes Dondon (Haiti). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/citadelle--grottes-dondon-iba-haiti on 22/11/2024.