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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
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident	2005	< 50 individuals	A1
Bahama Hummingbird Nesophlox evelynae	LC	resident	2005	< 50 individuals	A2
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	resident	2005	250-999 individuals	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	2005	< 50 individuals	B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	breeding	2005	< 50 individuals	B4i
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris	LC	resident	2005	< 50 individuals	A2
Bahama Swallow Tachycineta cyaneoviridis	EN	resident	2005	50-249 individuals	A1, A2

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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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Harrold and Wilson	National Park	100	is identical to site	0
Harrold & Wilson Ponds National Park	Ecological Reserve	96	protected area overlaps with site	0

The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
BNT Ornithology Group	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local conservation groups please click here.

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Shrubland		-
Forest	Mangrove	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Harrold and Wilson Ponds National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/02/2023.