BS034
Cay Verde


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
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens LC breeding (1979) 99 pairs B4ii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster LC breeding (1979) 550 pairs B4ii

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: Cay Verde (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cay-verde-iba-bahamas on 23/12/2024.