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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Lesser Antillean Swift Chaetura martinica	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Grenada Flycatcher Myiarchus nugator	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
St Vincent Tanager Tangara versicolor	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A2

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)
Union-Palm Island	Marine Conservation Area	135,960	protected area overlaps with site	0
Frigate Island	Wildlife Reserve	820	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Forest	Mangrove	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
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: Ashton Wetland. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.