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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	2003	unknown	A2
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis	LC	resident	2003	unknown	A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident	2003	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2003	unknown	A2
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2003	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2003	unknown	A2
Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda	LC	resident	2003	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	LC	resident	2003	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
1997	Quill/Boven	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	45
1998	The Quill / Boven National Park	National Park	72

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Elfin, Tropical semi-evergreen	-
Shrubland	Second-growth & disturbed scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: The Quill, Sint Eustatius (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/the-quill-sint-eustatius-iba-bonaire-sint-eustatius-and-saba-(to-netherlands) on 23/11/2024.