JM016
Font Hill


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea NT resident (2010) 50–75 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 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

Habitats

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

Land use

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

Land ownership
Private property


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 23/12/2024.