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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
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	2006	50-249 individuals	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

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Booby Cay National Park	National Park	49	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Coastline	Sand bars, banks & spits, Shingle & stony beaches, Sea cliffs & rocky shores, Intertidal mud, sand & salt flats	-
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub, Riparian scrub & thickets	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater marshes & swamps	-
Forest	Mangrove	-

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 (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Booby Cay. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/06/2021.