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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2007	134 individuals	A1, A4i
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
American Coot Fulica americana	LC	resident	2007	110 individuals	A1
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	10 individuals	A2

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
water management	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bethesda Dam (Antigua and Barbuda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bethesda-dam-iba-antigua-and-barbuda on 26/11/2024.