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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
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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1998	The Quill / Boven National Park	National Park (-)	72

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

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 23/12/2024.