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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
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 individuals	A1, A2
Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis	CR	resident	2007	< 50 individuals	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 individuals	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

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
1975	Morne Trois Pitons	National Park	100
1997	Morne Trois Pitons National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 25/11/2024.