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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 at site	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: 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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Bight of Acklins National Park	National Park	24,941	protected area contains site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland		-

For further information about the IUCN 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 Area factsheet: Guana Cays. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/20656 on 04/06/2023.