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Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve


IBA Justification

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
White-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon leucometopia EN resident 2006 30 individuals A1
Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Emerald Riccordia swainsonii LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus longirostris LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Ashy-faced Owl Tyto glaucops LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Trogon Temnotrogon roseigaster LC resident 2007 30 individuals A1, A2
Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Antillean Piculet Nesoctites micromegas LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Amazon Amazona ventralis VU resident 2009 present A1, A2
Hispaniolan Parakeet Psittacara chloropterus VU resident 2007 < 50 individuals A1, A2
Hispaniolan Elaenia Elaenia cherriei LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Pewee Contopus hispaniolensis LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Flat-billed Vireo Vireo nanus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Palm Crow Corvus palmarum LC resident 2007 90 individuals A1, A2
Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea VU resident 2007 unknown A1, A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Palmchat Dulus dominicus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Euphonia Euphonia musica LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Antillean Siskin Spinus dominicensis LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Black-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum LC resident 2007 unknown A2
White-winged Warbler Xenoligea montana VU resident 2007 unknown A1, A2
Green-tailed Warbler Microligea palustris LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Eastern Chat-tanager Calyptophilus frugivorus NT resident 2007 30 individuals A1, A2

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1989 Ebano Verde Strict Nature Reserve 77
2004 Ébano Verde Reserva Cientifica 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest 95
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine 5
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 95
agriculture 5


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve (Dominican Republic). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ebano-verde-scientific-reserve-iba-dominican-republic on 22/11/2024.