DM003
Point Des Foux


IBA Justification

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
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus LC breeding 2007 80 individuals B4ii
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster LC breeding 2007 250 individuals B4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus LC breeding 2007 300 individuals B4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus LC breeding 2007 250 individuals A4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Hispaniolan Euphonia Euphonia musica LC resident 2007 unknown A2
Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea 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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Point Des Foux (Dominica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/point-des-foux-iba-dominica on 23/11/2024.