BS019
Allan's Cays


IBA Justification

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') at the site:
Species Red List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri LC breeding 2006 50-249 breeding pairs B4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Neritic major (>10)
Marine Intertidal -
Shrubland -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.