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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
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	resident	2007	< 50 individuals	B4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	< 50 individuals	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident	2007	< 50 individuals	A2
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Grey Trembler Cinclocerthia gutturalis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Euphonia Euphonia flavifrons	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Saint Lucia Oriole Icterus laudabilis	EN	resident	2007	100 individuals	A1, A2
Saint Lucia Warbler Setophaga delicata	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
Saint Lucia Black Finch Melanospiza richardsoni	EN	resident	2007	200 individuals	A1, 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
-	Pitons Management Area	Other Area	-
1916	Castries and Dennery Waterworks Reserve and Marquis	Protected Forest / Forest Reserve	5
1994	Soufriere (SMMA)	Marine Management Area	-
2004	Pitons Management Area	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	24

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pitons (Qualibou and Canaries) (St Lucia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pitons-(qualibou-and-canaries)-iba-st-lucia on 23/11/2024.