Key Biodiversity Areas

Forestry massif of Basse-Terre island (20828)
Guadeloupe (to France), Caribbean

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AmphibiaEleutherodactylus barlagneiGuadeloupe StreamfrogEN2018A1elink-icon
AvesOrthorhyncus cristatusAntillean Crested HummingbirdLC2018B2link-icon
AvesEuphonia flavifronsLesser Antillean EuphoniaLC2018B2link-icon
AvesEulampis jugularisPurple-throated CaribLC2018B2link-icon
AvesChaetura martinicaLesser Antillean SwiftLC2018B2link-icon
AvesAllenia fuscaScaly-breasted ThrasherLC2018B2link-icon
AvesSetophaga plumbeaPlumbeous WarblerLC2018B2link-icon
AvesLoxigilla noctisLesser Antillean BullfinchLC2018B2link-icon
AvesSaltator albicollisLesser Antillean SaltatorLC2018B2link-icon
AvesTurdus lherminieriForest ThrushVU2018B2link-icon
AmphibiaEleutherodactylus pinchoniGuadeloupe Forest FrogEN2018A1elink-icon
AvesEulampis holosericeusGreen-throated CaribLC2018B2link-icon
AvesMelanerpes herminieriGuadeloupe WoodpeckerNT2018B1, B2link-icon
AvesContopus latirostrisLesser Antillean PeweeLC2018B2link-icon
AvesElaenia martinicaCaribbean ElaeniaLC2018B2link-icon
AvesCinclocerthia ruficaudaBrown TremblerLC2018B2link-icon
AvesMyiarchus oberiLesser Antillean FlycatcherLC2018B2link-icon
AvesMargarops fuscatusPearly-eyed ThrasherLC2018B2link-icon
AvesGeotrygon mystaceaBridled Quail-doveLC2018B2link-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesEuphonia musicaAntillean EuphoniaLC2007link-icon
AvesLoxigilla noctisLC2007link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Forestry massif of Basse-Terre island. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 16, 2025.