. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. HlSPANIOLA. Maiiuiiu I Liiii in the L Dominican Republic. \ L-rde Area. Ceninil (WWF/Mauri Raulkaii) servation in Haili (Otlenwalder. 1992a; Woods et 1992; Woods and Otlenwalder. 1992). The other species on the island listed as threatened by lUCN (Groonibridge. 198.^) is the Cuban tlower bat Pliyllonycteris poeyi. There are 12 intro- duced species of mammal (Woods and Ottenwalder. 1992) of which the mongoose Herpestes auropunctatiis and rat Rtilliis have a considerable adverse impact on the native fauna. A
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. HlSPANIOLA. Maiiuiiu I Liiii in the L Dominican Republic. \ L-rde Area. Ceninil (WWF/Mauri Raulkaii) servation in Haili (Otlenwalder. 1992a; Woods et 1992; Woods and Otlenwalder. 1992). The other species on the island listed as threatened by lUCN (Groonibridge. 198.^) is the Cuban tlower bat Pliyllonycteris poeyi. There are 12 intro- duced species of mammal (Woods and Ottenwalder. 1992) of which the mongoose Herpestes auropunctatiis and rat Rtilliis have a considerable adverse impact on the native fauna. A total of 136 resident and I 18 migratory birds have been recorded in the Dominican Republic. 22 of these are endemic to the island (SEA/DVS. 1990). The same eight bird species (five endemics) are listed as threatened in Haiti as in the Dominican Republic: four are at risk mainly as a result of deforestation. (Collar el 1992). The Hispaniolan hawk Biiteo riclgwayi and white-winged warbler Xenoligea montana have all but vanished from Haiti as most of their forest habitat has been cut down; the latter is. however, found in some pro- tected areas. La Selle thrush Timiiis swalesi and the chat tanag- er Calyptopliiliiifnigivuriis are in protected areas in both coun- tries, but neither species is considered safe (Woods and Ottenwalder, 1992). The fifth endemic species, the rufous- breasted cuckoo Hyelornis ritfigiilaris is found in many habitat types and over a wide range of altitudes. It is hunted, as medic- inal food, and its scarcity may be due to the impact of pesti- cides and fertilizers as well as to the general degradation of the island's natural vegetation (Collar er 1992). The ground warbler Microligea montana and the Hispaniolan parrot Amazona ventralis are also considered to be threatened in Haiti (P. Paryski, in litt.). although they are not listed by Collar el al. (1992) as globally threatened. Species recovery plans have been completed for the black-capped pet
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