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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
Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Swift Chaetura martinica	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Guadeloupe Woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri	LC	resident	2007	7,500-10,330 breeding pairs	A1, A2
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A2
Lesser Antillean Euphonia Euphonia flavifrons	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Guadeloupe [aire d'adhésion]	Parc national, aire d'adhésion	49
1989	Guadeloupe	Parc national, zone cœur	45
1992	Archipel de la Guadeloupe	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
2010	Guadeloupe	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Grassland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Forestry massif of Basse-Terre island (Guadeloupe (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/forestry-massif-of-basse-terre-island-iba-guadeloupe-(to-france) on 23/11/2024.