BS019
Allan's Cays


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri LC breeding (2006) 50-249 pairs B4ii

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Neritic major (>10)
Marine Intertidal -
Shrubland -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised major (>10)
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Allan's Cays (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/allans-cays-iba-bahamas on 27/12/2024.