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Morne Diablotin National Park


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
Lesser Antillean Swift Chaetura martinica 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
Blue-headed Hummingbird Riccordia bicolor NT resident (2007) unknown A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Red-necked Amazon Amazona arausiaca VU resident (2007) 500 birds A1, A2
Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis CR resident (2007) 50–80 birds A1, A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri NT resident (2007) 100 birds A1, A2
Hispaniolan Euphonia Euphonia musica LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis LC resident (2007) unknown A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2000 Morne Diablotin National Park (II) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 95

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research major (>10)
agriculture minor (<10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Morne Diablotin National Park (Dominica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/morne-diablotin-national-park-iba-dominica on 23/12/2024.