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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	2007	unknown	A2
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
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	resident	2007	< 50 individuals	B4i
Saint Lucia Amazon Amazona versicolor	VU	non-breeding	2007	unknown	A1, A2
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	< 50 individuals	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident	2007	< 50 individuals	A2
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
White-breasted Thrasher Ramphocinclus brachyurus	EN	resident	2007	1,010-1,130 individuals	A1, A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Grey Trembler Cinclocerthia gutturalis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Euphonia Euphonia flavifrons	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Saint Lucia Oriole Icterus laudabilis	EN	resident	2007	100-200 individuals	A1, A2
Saint Lucia Black Finch Melanospiza richardsoni	EN	resident	2007	unknown	A1, 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
1916	Castries and Dennery Waterworks Reserve and Marquis	Protected Forest / Forest Reserve	16
1990	Anse Galet-Anse Cochon reefs	Marine Reserve	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Other		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)
Forest	Mangrove	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
not utilised	major (>10)
water management	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mandelé Protected Landscape (St Lucia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mandelé-protected-landscape-iba-st-lucia on 23/11/2024.