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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
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding	2006	50-249 breeding pairs	B4ii
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	2005	50-249 individuals	B4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2006	50-249 breeding pairs	B4i

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
West Coast Dive Site	National Park	4,181	protected area overlaps with site	0
Pigeon Creek & Snow Bay National Park	National Park	0	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Coastline		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Forest	Mangrove	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
urban/industrial/transport	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Low Cay, High Cay and Sandy Hook. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2023.