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La Soufrière National Park


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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
Lesser Antillean Swift Chaetura martinica LC resident (2006) unknown A2
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis 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
Saint Vincent Amazon Amazona guildingii VU resident (2006) unknown A1, A2
Grenada Flycatcher Myiarchus nugator LC resident (2006) unknown A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca LC resident (2006) unknown A2
Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda LC resident (2006) unknown A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis LC resident (2006) unknown A2
Lesser Antillean Euphonia Euphonia flavifrons LC resident (2006) unknown A2
Whistling Warbler Catharopeza bishopi EN resident (2006) unknown A1, A2
Saint Vincent Tanager Tangara versicolor LC resident (2006) unknown A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis LC resident (2006) unknown A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Soufriere Other Area (-) 100
1948 La Soufriere Forest Reserve (-) -

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest - Second-growth & disturbed

Land use

Land use % of IBA
tourism/recreation -
agriculture -
nature conservation and research -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: La Soufrière National Park (St Vincent and the Grenadines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/la-soufrière-national-park-iba-st-vincent-and-the-grenadines on 23/12/2024.