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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 Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding	2007	11,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	2005	1,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	2005	200 breeding pairs	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter	2005	200 individuals	B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	winter	2005	30 individuals	B4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	2005	min 21,000 breeding pairs	A4iii

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
1987	French, Bush and Seal Cays	Sanctuary	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Caicos Bank Southern Cays (Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/caicos-bank-southern-cays-iba-turks-and-caicos-islands-(to-uk) on 23/11/2024.