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The site was identified as important in 2012 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
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	-	15,000-28,500 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1985	SALINE DE MONTJOLY	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1992	Ile du Grand-Connétable	Réserve naturelle nationale	2
1993	Marais De Kaw	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	10
1998	Marais de Kaw-Roura	Réserve naturelle nationale	1
1998	Montagne D'argent	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2000	ILES DE REMIRE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2010	Île du Grand Connétable	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	2
2013	RIVE DROITE DU MAHURY	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2013	SAVANES ET MARAIS DE MACOURIA	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2013	ILETS DUPONT	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2015	POINTE LIBERTE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Connétable - Marine (French Guiana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/connétable--marine-iba-french-guiana on 23/11/2024.