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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 (1997)	50-249 birds	A1, A4i
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident (2007)	unknown	A1
Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata	NT	resident (2007)	unknown	A1
Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Jamaican Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus vetula	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens	LC	resident (1997)	300 birds	B4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	resident (1997)	600 birds	B4i
Jamaican Owl Pseudoscops grammicus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Jamaican Tody Todus todus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Small Jamaican Elaenia Myiopagis cotta	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Sad Flycatcher Myiarchus barbirostris	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii	LC	resident (2007)	3,000–5,000 birds	A2
Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Jamaican Spindalis Spindalis nigricephala	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Loxipasser anoxanthus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1999	Portland Bight	Protected Area (V)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	40	Mangrove
Shrubland	10	Arid lowland scrub; Scrub
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
water management	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Portland Ridge and Bight (Jamaica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/portland-ridge-and-bight-iba-jamaica on 23/12/2024.