BS038
Booby Rocks and Pirates Bay


IBA Justification

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 at site IBA criteria triggered
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus LC resident 2005 50-249 individuals B4ii
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala NT resident 2005 50-249 individuals A1
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis LC winter 2005 < 50 individuals B4i
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster LC breeding 2006 250-999 individuals B4ii
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra LC winter 2005 < 50 individuals B4ii
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus LC winter 2005 < 50 individuals B4i

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here


Habitats

IUCN Habitat Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic -
Shrubland -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Forest Mangrove -
For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
fisheries/aquaculture -
not utilised -
urban/industrial/transport -
tourism/recreation -
For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Booby Rocks and Pirates Bay. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/20593 on 10/06/2023.