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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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident (2001)	50-249 birds	A1, A4i
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident (2002)	55 birds	A1
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango	LC	resident (2002)	7 birds	A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima	LC	resident (2002)	4 birds	A2
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus	LC	resident (2002)	32 birds	A2
Jamaican Tody Todus todus	LC	resident (2002)	23 birds	A2
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus	LC	resident (2002)	32 birds	A2
Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger	LC	resident (2002)	16 birds	A2
Small Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta	LC	resident (2002)	16 birds	A2
Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus	LC	resident (2002)	17 birds	A2
Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris	LC	resident (2002)	1 birds	A2
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus	LC	resident (2002)	27 birds	A2
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus	LC	resident (2002)	14 birds	A2
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus	LC	resident (2002)	39 birds	A2
White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius	LC	resident (2002)	23 birds	A2
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica	LC	resident (2002)	19 birds	A2
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx	LC	resident (2002)	18 birds	A2
Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra	LC	resident (2002)	11 birds	A2
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala	LC	resident (2002)	25 birds	A2
Orangequit Euneornis campestris	LC	resident (2002)	39 birds	A2
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus	LC	resident (2002)	19 birds	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Negril Swamp forest NR/SciR	Nature Reserve (-)	-
-	Negril Coastal forest NR/SciR	Nature Reserve (-)	-
1950	Spring Garden	Forest Reserve (VI)	<1
2009	Orange Bay	Fish Sanctuary (IV)	2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Mangrove
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	minor (<10)
Introduced vegetation	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Negril (Jamaica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/negril-iba-jamaica on 23/12/2024.