MQ001
Forêts du Nord et de la Montagne Pelée


IBA Justification

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
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

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1976 Martinique Parc naturel régional 100
1984 Versant Nord-Ouest de la Montagne Pelee Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) 9
1984 VERSANT NORD-OUEST DE LA MONTAGNE PELEE Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral 8
1984 Montagne Pelée Littoral Conservation Area -
1984 Fond Moulin Littoral Conservation Area -
2007 Montagne Pelée Réserve biologique 25
2010 Agoa Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) 4
2010 Tunnels de Beauséjour Arrêté de protection de biotope -
2014 Prêcheur Grand'Rivière Réserve biologique 8
2014 Marine du Prêcheur - Albert Falco Regional Nature Reserve 3
2017 Martinique Marine Nature Park 100

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest -
Grassland -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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


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 22/11/2024.