AG011
Christian Cove


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea NT resident 2008 38 individuals A1
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla LC resident 2007 400 individuals A4i

The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).


Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Forest Mangrove -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Christian Cove. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/christian-cove-iba-antigua-and-barbuda on 19/03/2024.