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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
Least Poorwill Siphonorhis brewsteri	NT	resident	2006	unknown	A1, A2
Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Hispaniolan Emerald Riccordia swainsonii	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Ashy-faced Owl Tyto glaucops	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Hispaniolan Trogon Temnotrogon roseigaster	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A2
Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Antillean Piculet Nesoctites micromegas	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Hispaniolan Amazon Amazona ventralis	VU	resident	2006	30 individuals	A1, A2
Hispaniolan Elaenia Elaenia cherriei	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Hispaniolan Pewee Contopus hispaniolensis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Flat-billed Vireo Vireo nanus	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Palm Crow Corvus palmarum	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A2
Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli	VU	winter	2006	30 individuals	A1
Palmchat Dulus dominicus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Hispaniolan Euphonia Euphonia musica	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Black-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
White-winged Warbler Xenoligea montana	VU	resident	2007	unknown	A1, A2
Green-tailed Warbler Microligea palustris	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Eastern Chat-tanager Calyptophilus frugivorus	NT	resident	2006	30 individuals	A1, 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
1996	Sierra de Martin Garcia	National Park	100
2004	Sierra Martín García	Parque Nacional	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		70
Shrubland		20
Artificial/Terrestrial		10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	90
agriculture	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sierra Martin Garcia National Park (Dominican Republic). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sierra-martin-garcia-national-park-iba-dominican-republic on 22/11/2024.