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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)	150–300 pairs	A4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding (2006)	200–220 pairs	B4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding (2006)	60–70 pairs	B4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1995	FALAISES DE MARIE GALANTE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	1
1998	Etangs des Salines	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) (III)	38
2003	POINTE MENARD	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 Nord et Îlet de Vieux-Fort de Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/falaises-nord-et-îlet-de-vieux-fort-de-marie-galante-iba-guadeloupe-(to-france) on 23/12/2024.