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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Marail Guan Penelope marail	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black Curassow Crax alector	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Sooty Barbthroat Threnetes niger	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Guianan Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black Nunbird Monasa atra	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Guianan Toucanet Selenidera piperivora	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Green Araçari Pteroglossus viridis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Caica Parrot Pyrilia caica	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Brown-bellied Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla gutturalis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Antwren Isleria guttata	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Spot-tailed Antwren Herpsilochmus sticturus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Todd's Antwren Herpsilochmus stictocephalus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-throated Antshrike Frederickena viridis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Hylexetastes perrotii	NR	resident	-	present	A3
Tiny Tyrant-manakin Tyranneutes virescens	LC	resident	-	present	A3
White-fronted Manakin Lepidothrix serena	LC	resident	-	present	A3
White-throated Manakin Corapipo gutturalis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Painted Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum pictum	LC	resident	-	present	A3
White-throated Pewee Contopus albogularis	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parvus	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris	LC	resident	-	present	A3
Blue-backed Tanager Cyanicterus cyanicterus	LC	resident	-	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Marais De Kaw	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	19
1998	Marais de Kaw-Roura	Réserve naturelle nationale	33
2001	Guyane	Parc naturel régional	51
2010	Trésor	Réserve naturelle régionale	6
2014	MONTAGNE DE KAW - RESERVE TRESOR	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	6
2017	Montagne de Kaw	Biotope Protection Order	45

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Montagne Kaw (French Guiana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/montagne-kaw-iba-french-guiana on 22/11/2024.