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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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2005	50-249 individuals	A1, A4i
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber	LC	resident	1965-1985	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4i
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	breeding	2005	50-249 individuals	A1
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	NT	resident	2005	250-999 individuals	A4i
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	resident	2005	250-999 individuals	B4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	resident	2005	50-249 individuals	B4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	resident	2005	50-249 individuals	A4i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	resident	2005	50-249 individuals	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	resident	2005	50-249 individuals	B4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter	2005	50-249 individuals	B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	winter	2005	50-249 individuals	B4i
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala	NT	breeding	2005	2,500-9,999 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	resident	1965-1985	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Union Creek Reserve	National Park	1,667	protected area contained by site	0
Inagua National Park	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	77,343	protected area contained by site	32,600
Inagua National Park	National Park	77,343	protected area contained by site	74,333

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Sam Nixon Bird Club	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal		-
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub	-
Forest	Mangrove	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Great Inagua. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/great-inagua-iba-bahamas on 02/10/2023.