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The site was identified as important in 2010 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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2010	50-75 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2010	45-55 breeding pairs	B4i
Jamaican Owl Pseudoscops grammicus	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Jamaican Tody Todus todus	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Small Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Orangequit Euneornis campestris	LC	resident	2010	present	A2
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus	LC	resident	2010	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)

Private property

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Font Hill (Jamaica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/font-hill-iba-jamaica on 22/11/2024.