BB001
Bird Rock


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 1996-2003 50-100 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)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research major (>10)
tourism/recreation minor (<10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bird Rock (Barbados). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bird-rock-iba-barbados on 23/11/2024.