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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
Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
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	1996	69,580 individuals	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident	1996	18,637 individuals	A2
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca	LC	resident	1996	94,430 individuals	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Grey Trembler Cinclocerthia gutturalis	LC	resident	1996	8,697 individuals	A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis	LC	resident	1996	48,457 individuals	A2
Lesser Antillean Euphonia Euphonia flavifrons	LC	resident	1996	29,820 individuals	A2
Martinique Oriole Icterus bonana	VU	resident	1996	23,607 individuals	A1, A2
Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis	LC	resident	1996	27,335 individuals	A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	LC	resident	1996	232,347 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
1976	Martinique	Parc naturel régional	100
2017	Martinique	Marine Nature Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Grassland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pitons du Carbet (Martinique (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pitons-du-carbet-iba-martinique-(to-france) on 22/11/2024.