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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	LC	breeding	2005	700 breeding pairs	A4ii
Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow	EN	breeding	2007	80 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Clearwater Beach National Park	Park	0	protected area contained by site	15
Castle Harbour Islands	Nature Reserve	30	protected area contained by site	13

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Sea		-
Coastline		-
Shrubland		-
Desert		-
Forest	Mangrove	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Cooper's Island and Castle Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/05/2022.