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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
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)	200–500 birds	A1, A2
Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis	CR	resident (2007)	< 50 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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1975	Morne Trois Pitons	National Park (II)	100
1997	Morne Trois Pitons National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
water management	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Morne Trois Pitons National Park (Dominica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/morne-trois-pitons-national-park-iba-dominica on 27/12/2024.