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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
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	LC	breeding	2006	100 breeding pairs	A4ii
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	breeding	2006	100-200 breeding pairs	B4i
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	2006	250-400 breeding pairs	B4ii
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra	LC	breeding	2006	100 breeding pairs	B4ii

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)
Dutchcap Cay	Marine Protected Area	13	protected area contained by site	0
Caribbean Barrier Resource System	Marine Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary	0	unknown	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub	-
Sea	Open sea	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: North-west Cays. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 11/08/2022.