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All Awash Island


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens LC breeding (2006) 250–500 birds B4ii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster LC breeding (2006) 100–250 birds B4ii
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla LC breeding (2006) 100–250 birds B4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii LC breeding (2006) 100–250 birds A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus LC breeding (2006) 250–500 birds B4i

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1987 Allwash Island Wildlife Reserve (IV) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Neritic -
Shrubland - Second-growth & disturbed scrub

Land use

Land use % of IBA
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: All Awash Island (St Vincent and the Grenadines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/all-awash-island-iba-st-vincent-and-the-grenadines on 23/12/2024.