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D'Arros Island and Saint Joseph Atoll


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Seychelles Fody Foudia sechellarum NT resident (1999) present A1, A2

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
tourism/recreation -
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: D'Arros Island and Saint Joseph Atoll (Seychelles). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/darros-island-and-saint-joseph-atoll-iba-seychelles on 23/12/2024.