BirdLife Data Zone

BZ005

Belize Off-shore and Barrier Islands

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IBA Criteria

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
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	1969-2007	2,500-9,999 individuals	A1
Red-footed Booby Sula sula	LC	resident	1969-2007	10,000-19,999 individuals	A4ii
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	1969-2007	1,000-2,499 individuals	A4i
Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister	LC	breeding	1969-2007	250-999 individuals	A2
Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris	NT	breeding	1969-2007	50-249 individuals	A1, A2
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera	NT	passage	1969-2007	50-249 individuals	A1
Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea	NT	passage	1969-2007	50-249 individuals	A1

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

IBA Protection

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Vincent's Lagoon Special Management Area	Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve	2,601	protected area contained by site	0
South Water Caye	South Water Caye Marine Reserve	47,702	protected area contained by site	47,702
South Point Turneffe Spawning Aggregation	Marine Reserve	558	protected area overlaps with site	558
South Point Lighthouse Spawning Aggregation	Marine Reserve	533	protected area overlaps with site	533
South Point	Spawning Aggregation Site Reserves	544	protected area contained by site	0
Seal Caye, Sapodilla Cayes	Spawning Aggregation Site Reserves	647	protected area contained by site	0
Seal Caye Spawning Aggregation	Marine Reserve	648	protected area overlaps with site	648
Sapodilla Cayes	Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve	15,618	protected area overlaps with site	13,517
Sandbore Spawning Aggregation	Marine Reserve	521	protected area overlaps with site	521
Sandbore	Spawning Aggregation Site Reserves	518	protected area contained by site	0
Rise and Fall Bank Spawning Aggregation	Marine Reserve	1,721	protected area overlaps with site	1,721
Preservation Zone	Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve	1,189	protected area contained by site	0
Northern Two Cayes	Nassau Grouper & Species Protection	375	protected area contained by site	0
Northern Glovers Reef Spawning Aggregation	Marine Reserve	622	protected area overlaps with site	622
Northern Glover's Reef	Spawning Aggregation Site Reserves	728	protected area contained by site	0
Nicholas Caye Spawning Aggregation	Marine Reserve	673	protected area overlaps with site	673
Maugre Caye, Turneffe Atoll	Nassau Grouper & Species Protection	776	protected area contained by site	0
Maugre Caye Conservation Zone	Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve	4,389	protected area contained by site	0
Man of War Caye	Bird Sanctuary	1	protected area overlaps with site	1
Long Bouge Conservation Zone	Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve	855	protected area contained by site	0
Laughing Bird Caye	National Park	4,095	protected area contained by site	4,095
Halfmoon Caye	Natural Monument	3,925	protected area contained by site	0
Glover's Reef	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	35,067	protected area contained by site	0
Glover's Reef	Glover's Reef Marine Reserve	35,067	protected area contained by site	7,070
Gladden Spit Spawning Aggregation	Marine Reserve	1,617	protected area overlaps with site	1,617
Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes	Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve	10,360	protected area contained by site	10,360
Gladden Spit	Spawning Aggregation Site Reserves	1,453	protected area contained by site	0
General Use Zone	Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve	111,577	protected area contained by site	0
Emily or Caye Glory Spawning Aggregation	Marine Reserve	547	protected area overlaps with site	547
Emily or Caye Glory	Spawning Aggregation Site Reserves	544	protected area contained by site	0
Dog Flea Spawning Aggregation	Marine Reserve	576	protected area overlaps with site	576
Dog Flea Caye Conservation Zone	Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve	3,016	protected area contained by site	0
Dog Flea Caye	Spawning Aggregation Site Reserves	570	protected area contained by site	0
Cockroach-Grassy Caye Special Mangement Area	Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve	886	protected area contained by site	0
Cockroach Bay	Public Reserve	8	protected area contained by site	0
Caye Caulker	Caye Caulker Marine Reserve	3,913	protected area overlaps with site	0
Caye Brokel Conservation Zone	Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve	5,540	protected area contained by site	0
Caye Bokel	Spawning Aggregation Site Reserves	557	protected area contained by site	0
Blue Hole	Natural Monument	414	protected area contained by site	414
Blackbird Caye Conservation Zone	Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve	1,620	protected area contained by site	0
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	96,300	protected area overlaps with site	96,300

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Coastline		-
Sea		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Forest	Mangrove	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Belize Off-shore and Barrier Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/08/2020.