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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
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	2006	50-249 individuals	B4ii

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2015	Booby Cay National Park	National Park	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub, Riparian scrub & thickets	major (>10)
Forest	Mangrove	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Booby Cay (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/booby-cay-iba-bahamas on 23/11/2024.