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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
Crested Quail-Dove Geotrygon versicolor	NT	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A2
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima	LC	resident	2002	1 individuals	A2
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus	LC	resident	2002	67 individuals	A2
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis	LC	resident	2002	3 individuals	A2
Jamaican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vetula	LC	resident	2002	4 individuals	A2
Jamaican Owl Pseudoscops grammicus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Jamaican Tody Todus todus	LC	resident	2002	11 individuals	A2
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus	LC	resident	2002	22 individuals	A2
Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis	EN	resident	2002	21 individuals	A1, A2
Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria	VU	resident	2002	41 individuals	A1, A2
Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger	LC	resident	2002	6 individuals	A2
Large Jamaican Elaenia Elaenia fallax	LC	resident	2002	1 individuals	A2
Small Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta	LC	resident	2002	7 individuals	A2
Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus	LC	resident	2002	17 individuals	A2
Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris	LC	resident	2002	13 individuals	A2
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus	LC	resident	2002	6 individuals	A2
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus	LC	resident	2002	2 individuals	A2
Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni	NT	resident	2002	16 individuals	A1, A2
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus	LC	resident	2002	41 individuals	A2
Jamaican Crow Corvus jamaicensis	NT	resident	2002	16 individuals	A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis	LC	resident	2002	21 individuals	A2
White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis	LC	resident	2002	14 individuals	A2
White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius	LC	resident	2002	18 individuals	A2
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica	LC	resident	2002	9 individuals	A2
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx	LC	resident	2002	12 individuals	A2
Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus	EN	resident	2002	2 individuals	A1, A2
Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra	LC	resident	2002	22 individuals	A2
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala	LC	resident	2002	21 individuals	A2
Orangequit Euneornis campestris	LC	resident	2002	42 individuals	A2
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus	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
1950	Mount Diablo	Forest Reserve	12
1950	Fergis Ramsay	Forest Reserve	2
1950	Industry Field - Rowkamp	Forest Reserve	1
1950	St. Faith's	Forest Reserve	<1
1950	Treadways	Forest Reserve	<1
1950	Mt. Diablo Block C	Forest Reserve	4
1950	Mt. Diablo Block B	Forest Reserve	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Tropical lowland evergreen	major (>10)
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Diablo (Jamaica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-diablo-iba-jamaica on 22/11/2024.