BS017
Booby Island


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
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla LC breeding (2005) 50-249 birds B4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus LC breeding (2005) 50-249 birds B4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum LC breeding (2005) 50-249 birds B4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii LC breeding (2005) 50-249 birds A4i

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Booby Island (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/booby-island-iba-bahamas on 23/12/2024.