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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
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
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
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
1982	MACABOU	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	71
2017	Martinique	Marine Nature Park (V)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Mangrove
Grassland	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
other	minor (<10)
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Grand Macabou (Martinique (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grand-macabou-iba-martinique-(to-france) on 23/12/2024.