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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
Blue-headed Hummingbird Riccordia bicolor	NT	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	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
Grey Trembler Cinclocerthia gutturalis	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Euphonia Euphonia flavifrons	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Martinique Oriole Icterus bonana	VU	resident (2007)	unknown	A1, 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
1976	Martinique	Parc naturel régional (V)	100
1984	Versant Nord-Ouest de la Montagne Pelee	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) (IV)	9
1984	VERSANT NORD-OUEST DE LA MONTAGNE PELEE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	8
1984	Montagne Pelée	Littoral Conservation Area (IV)	-
1984	Fond Moulin	Littoral Conservation Area (IV)	-
2007	Montagne Pelée	Réserve biologique (Ia)	25
2010	Tunnels de Beauséjour	Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV)	-
2014	Prêcheur Grand'Rivière	Réserve biologique (Ia)	8
2014	Marine du Prêcheur - Albert Falco	Regional Nature Reserve (IV)	3
2017	Martinique	Marine Nature Park (V)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-
Grassland	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
water management	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Forêts du Nord et de la Montagne Pelée (Martinique (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/forêts-du-nord-et-de-la-montagne-pelée-iba-martinique-(to-france) on 23/12/2024.