Fish Ponds and Crossing Place Trail, Middle Caicos (Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK))

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Fish Ponds and Crossing Place Trail, Middle Caicos

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2007	16 breeding pairs	A1
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	LC	breeding	2005	50 breeding pairs	B4ii
Bahama Hummingbird Nesophlox evelynae	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	non-breeding	2005	150 individuals	B4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	non-breeding	2005	50 individuals	B4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	non-breeding	2005	50 individuals	B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	non-breeding	2005	120 individuals	B4i
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.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	-
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fish Ponds and Crossing Place Trail, Middle Caicos (Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fish-ponds-and-crossing-place-trail-middle-caicos-iba-turks-and-caicos-islands-(to-uk) on 22/11/2024.