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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
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2003	30 individuals	A1
Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea	VU	resident	2006	100-300 individuals	A1, A2
Crested Quail-Dove Geotrygon versicolor	NT	resident	2003	23 individuals	A1, A2
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango	LC	resident	2003	6 individuals	A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima	LC	resident	2003	9 individuals	A2
Black-billed Streamertail Trochilus scitulus	LC	resident	2003	60,000-120,000 individuals	A2
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis	LC	resident	2003	10 individuals	A2
Jamaican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vetula	LC	resident	2003	4 individuals	A2
Jamaican Petrel Pterodroma caribbaea	CR	breeding	1879	present	A1, A4ii
Jamaican Tody Todus todus	LC	resident	2003	45 individuals	A2
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus	LC	resident	2003	28 individuals	A2
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis	EN	resident	2003	47 individuals	A1, A2
Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria	VU	resident	2003	8 individuals	A1, A2
Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger	LC	resident	2003	12 individuals	A2
Small Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta	LC	resident	2003	12 individuals	A2
Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus	LC	resident	2003	10 individuals	A2
Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris	LC	resident	2003	4 individuals	A2
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus	LC	resident	2003	26 individuals	A2
Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni	NT	resident	2003	34 individuals	A1, A2
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus	LC	resident	2003	51 individuals	A2
Jamaican Crow Corvus jamaicensis	NT	resident	2003	15 individuals	A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis	LC	resident	2003	31 individuals	A2
White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis	LC	resident	2003	79 individuals	A2
White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius	LC	resident	2003	54 individuals	A2
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica	LC	resident	2003	16 individuals	A2
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx	LC	resident	2003	18 individuals	A2
Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus	EN	resident	2003	10 individuals	A1, A2
Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra	LC	resident	2003	33 individuals	A2
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala	LC	resident	2003	29 individuals	A2
Orangequit Euneornis campestris	LC	resident	2003	126 individuals	A2
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus	LC	resident	2003	5 individuals	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
1993	Blue and John Crow Mountains	National Park	100
2015	Blue and John Crow Mountains	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		90
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: John Crow Mountains (Jamaica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/john-crow-mountains-iba-jamaica on 22/11/2024.