JM006
Litchfield Mountain - Matheson's Run


IBA Justification

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
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala NT resident (2007) unknown A1
Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea VU resident (2007) 50–100 birds A1, A2
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata NT resident (2007) unknown A1
Crested Quail-Dove Geotrygon versicolor NT resident (2007) unknown A1, A2
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis LC resident (2006) unknown A2
Jamaican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vetula LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Jamaican Tody Todus todus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis EN resident (2007) unknown A1, A2
Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria VU resident (2007) unknown A1, A2
Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Small Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni NT resident (2007) unknown A1, A2
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Jamaican Crow Corvus jamaicensis NT resident (2007) unknown A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis LC resident (2007) unknown A2
White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis LC resident (2007) unknown A2
White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus EN resident (2007) unknown A1, A2
Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Orangequit Euneornis campestris LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus LC resident (2007) unknown A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Brislington Crown Land Other Area (-) -
1950 Litchfield-Matheson's Run Forest Reserve (VI) 28
1950 Hyde Hall Mountain Forest Reserve (VI) 4
1950 Discovery Forest Reserve (VI) 1
1950 Litchfield (Lychfield Matheson's Run) Forest Reserve (VI) -
1955 Richmond Pen- Block A Forest Reserve (VI) <1
1955 Richmond Pen- Block F Forest Reserve (VI) <1
1955 Richmond Pen- Block B Forest Reserve (VI) <1
1955 Richmond Pen- Block C Forest Reserve (VI) <1
1955 Richmond Pen- Block H Forest Reserve (VI) <1
1955 Richmond Pen- Block D Forest Reserve (VI) <1
1955 Richmond Pen- Block E Forest Reserve (VI) <1
1964 Llandaff Forest Reserve (VI) 1
1964 Belmont Forest Reserve (VI) <1

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10)

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
energy production and mining -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Litchfield Mountain - Matheson's Run (Jamaica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/litchfield-mountain--mathesons-run-iba-jamaica on 22/12/2024.