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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
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	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
White-breasted Thrasher Ramphocinclus brachyurus	EN	resident	2005	200-400 individuals	A1, A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Martinique Oriole Icterus bonana	VU	resident	2007	30 individuals	A1, 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.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1976	Martinique	Parc naturel régional	100
1976	Presqu'île de la Caravelle	Réserve naturelle nationale	39
1985	POINTE ROUGE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	5
1988	LA CARAVELLE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	27
1988	Presqu'île de la Caravelle	Littoral Conservation Area	-
2000	MORNE PAVILLON	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	9
2010	Agoa	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	4
2016	Pointe Rouge - Morne Pavillon	Arrêté de protection de biotope	53
2017	Martinique	Marine Nature Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	-
Grassland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Presqu'île de la Caravelle (Martinique (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/presquîle-de-la-caravelle-iba-martinique-(to-france) on 23/11/2024.