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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	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus	LC	resident	2007	< 50 individuals	B4i
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	LC	breeding	2007	< 50 individuals	B4ii
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	resident	2007	< 50 individuals	B4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	250-999 individuals	A2
Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris	LC	resident	2007	250-999 individuals	A2
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
White-breasted Thrasher Ramphocinclus brachyurus	EN	resident	2007	100 individuals	A1, A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Grey Trembler Cinclocerthia gutturalis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Euphonia Euphonia flavifrons	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Saint Lucia Oriole Icterus laudabilis	EN	resident	2007	100-300 individuals	A1, A2
Saint Lucia Warbler Setophaga delicata	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Saint Lucia Black Finch Melanospiza richardsoni	EN	resident	2007	500 individuals	A1, A2

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Marquis Mangroves	Marine Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0
Louvet Mangroves	Marine Reserve	80	protected area contained by site	0
Grand Anse Beach and Mangrove	Marine Reserve	80	protected area contained by site	0
Fond D'Or Beach	Marine Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0
Castries and Dennery Waterworks Reserve and Marquis	Protected Forest / Forest Reserve	9,814	protected area overlaps with site	0
Cas-en-Bas Mangroves	Marine Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
energy production and mining	-
other	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Iyanola and Grande Anses, Esperance and Fond D'ors. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/iyanola-and-grande-anses-esperance-and-fond-dors-iba-st-lucia on 26/09/2023.