Central Mangrove Wetland (Cayman Islands (to UK)) IBA | Details

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Central Mangrove Wetland

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	breeding (2005)	1,500 birds	A1, A4i
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident (2007)	unknown	A1
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding (2005)	55 pairs	B4i
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala	NT	breeding (2005)	253–379 birds	A1

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1977	Meagre Bay Pond Animal Sanctuary	Animal Sanctuary (IV)	2
1986	Environmental Zone	Environmental Zone (Ib)	18
1997	Central Mangrove Wetland	Central Mangrove Wetland (II)	9

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Central Mangrove Wetland (Cayman Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/central-mangrove-wetland-iba-cayman-islands-(to-uk) on 27/12/2024.