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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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2001	50-249 individuals	A1, A4i
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2002	55 individuals	A1
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango	LC	resident	2002	7 individuals	A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima	LC	resident	2002	4 individuals	A2
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus	LC	resident	2002	32 individuals	A2
Jamaican Tody Todus todus	LC	resident	2002	23 individuals	A2
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus	LC	resident	2002	32 individuals	A2
Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger	LC	resident	2002	16 individuals	A2
Small Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta	LC	resident	2002	16 individuals	A2
Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus	LC	resident	2002	17 individuals	A2
Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris	LC	resident	2002	1 individuals	A2
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus	LC	resident	2002	27 individuals	A2
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus	LC	resident	2002	14 individuals	A2
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus	LC	resident	2002	39 individuals	A2
White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius	LC	resident	2002	23 individuals	A2
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica	LC	resident	2002	19 individuals	A2
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx	LC	resident	2002	18 individuals	A2
Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra	LC	resident	2002	11 individuals	A2
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala	LC	resident	2002	25 individuals	A2
Orangequit Euneornis campestris	LC	resident	2002	39 individuals	A2
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus	LC	resident	2002	19 individuals	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
-	Negril Coastal forest NR/SciR	Nature Reserve	-
-	Negril Swamp forest NR/SciR	Nature Reserve	-
1950	Spring Garden	Forest Reserve	<1
1997	Negril Great Morass	Protected Area	16
1998	Negril	Marine Park	93
2009	Orange Bay	Fish Sanctuary	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)		minor (<10)
Introduced vegetation		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.