• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2008	71 individuals	A1
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	resident	2007	500 individuals	A4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	60 individuals	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

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Fitches Creek Bay. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/01/2022.