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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2005	unknown	A1
Bahama Hummingbird Nesophlox evelynae	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	NT	winter	2005	300 individuals	A4i
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	breeding	2005	150 individuals	B4i
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	LC	breeding	2005	30 breeding pairs	B4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	passage	2005	150 individuals	B4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2005	30 breeding pairs	B4i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2005	200 breeding pairs	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	2005	20 breeding pairs	B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	breeding	2005	60 individuals	B4i
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Forest	Mangrove	minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: East Caicos and adjacent areas (Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/east-caicos-and-adjacent-areas-iba-turks-and-caicos-islands-(to-uk) on 22/11/2024.