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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
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens	LC	breeding	2005	50-249 individuals	B4ii
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	2005	50-249 individuals	B4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2005	50-249 individuals	B4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	2005	50-249 individuals	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	2006	250-999 breeding pairs	A4i

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)
Bight of Acklins National Park	National Park	24,941	protected area contains site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Guana Cays. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/01/2023.