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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Guadeloupe [aire d'adhésion]	Parc national, aire d'adhésion (V)	46
1998	Etangs des Salines	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) (III)	27
2003	POINTE DE LA PETITE VIGIE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

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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 23/12/2024.