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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
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber	LC	winter (2006)	15,000 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown (2007)	unknown	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1984	Caroni Swamp Reserve	Ecological Reserve (II)	34
1987	Caroni Swamp	Prohibited Area (-)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Mangrove
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Caroni Swamp (Trinidad and Tobago). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/caroni-swamp-iba-trinidad-and-tobago on 28/12/2024.