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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year[s] of estimate)	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1968	La Citadelle, Sans Souci, Ramiers	Natural National Park (V)	20

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

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

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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 05/12/2024.