Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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 | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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nature conservation and research | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: North-west Cays. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 11/08/2022.