GP003
Falaises du Nord Grande-Terre


IBA Justification

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
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus LC breeding 2006 40-70 breeding pairs A4ii

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1989 Guadeloupe [aire d'adhésion] Parc national, aire d'adhésion 46
1998 Etangs des Salines Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) 27
2003 POINTE DE LA PETITE VIGIE Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral <1
2010 Agoa Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) 69
2010 Guadeloupe Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) 46

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Falaises du Nord Grande-Terre (Guadeloupe (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/falaises-du-nord-grande-terre-iba-guadeloupe-(to-france) on 23/11/2024.