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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
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	LC	breeding (2005)	700 pairs	A4ii
Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow	EN	breeding (2007)	80 pairs	A1, A4ii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Clearwater Beach National Park	Park (-)	-
1986	Castle Harbour Islands	Nature Reserve (Ia)	2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)
Desert	minor (<10)
Forest	-	Mangrove

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cooper's Island and Castle Islands (Bermuda (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/coopers-island-and-castle-islands-iba-bermuda-(to-uk) on 22/12/2024.