• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Guadeloupe [aire d'adhésion]	Parc national, aire d'adhésion (V)	49
1989	Guadeloupe	Parc national, zone cœur (II)	45
1992	Archipel de la Guadeloupe	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100

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

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

---

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 23/12/2024.