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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	2006	unknown	A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Guadeloupe Woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri	LC	resident	2007	770 breeding pairs	A1, A2
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A2
Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	LC	resident	2006	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
1987	Grand Cul de Sac Marin	National Nature Reserve	-
1989	Guadeloupe [aire d'adhésion]	Parc national, aire d'adhésion	100
1990	Marais de Port-Louis	Littoral Conservation Area	6
1992	Archipel de la Guadeloupe	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
1993	Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin de la Guadeloupe	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1998	Etangs des Salines	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	54
2003	MANGROVE DE VIEUX BOURG A PETIT CANAL	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	43
2003	PERRIN - GRESSIER - BABIN	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	15
2003	MANGROVE DE PETIT CANAL A PORT LOUIS	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	14
2010	Guadeloupe	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	100
2010	Agoa	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	75

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin's eastern coastline (Guadeloupe (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grand-cul-de-sac-marins-eastern-coastline-iba-guadeloupe-(to-france) on 23/11/2024.