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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	1997	50-249 individuals	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 individuals	B4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	resident	1997	600 individuals	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 individuals	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

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
1999	Portland Bight	Protected Area	100
2006	Portland Bight Wetlands and Cays	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	57

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	40
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub, Scrub	10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.