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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
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 birds	B4i
Saint Lucia Amazon Amazona versicolor	VU	non-breeding (2007)	unknown	A1, A2
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident (2007)	< 50 birds	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident (2007)	< 50 birds	A2
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
White-breasted Thrasher Ramphocinclus brachyurus	EN	resident (2007)	1,010–1,130 birds	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 birds	A1, A2
Saint Lucia Black Finch Melanospiza richardsoni	EN	resident (2007)	unknown	A1, A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1916	Castries and Dennery Waterworks Reserve and Marquis	Protected Forest / Forest Reserve (II)	16
1990	Anse Galet-Anse Cochon reefs	Marine Reserve (IV)	-

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

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 23/12/2024.