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Site description (2006 baseline):
Site location and context
The site, east of Frank Sound Road, surrounds but is not connected to the Botanic Park (KY007). It comprises dry forest bordered by
Conocarpus wetlands, dry shrubland and agricultural land. The site is 100% privately owned and unprotected, and parts are being cleared for agriculture and urban development.
The Near-threatened Cuban Parrot
caymanensis and the Near-threatened restricted-range Vitelline Warbler
vitellina, each more than 1% of the global population. There are three restricted-range species: the Thick-billed vVreo
alleni, Yucatan Vireo
caymanensis and the Cuban Bullfinch taylori.
Non-bird biodiversity: Plants endemic to Grand Cayman: Chionanthus caymanensis var. longipetala, Crossopetalum caymanense, Allophylus cominia var. caymanensis; Myrmecophilia thompsoniana thompsonia, Dendrophylax fawcettii and Tolumnia caymanense. Reptiles endemic to Grand Cayman: Anolis conspersus lewisi, Sphaerodactylus argivus lewisi, Tropidophis caymanensis caymanensis and Alsophis cantherigerus caymanensis.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The threats of habitat loss are similar for all privately owned and unprotected forest in the eastern half of Grand Cayman as clearing and fragmentation causes loss of parrot and other avian breeding habitat. Young parrots are taken as captives from the nest and the nest site is usually destroyed, also illegal shooting of parrots as a crop pestcontinues (over 200 were shot in 2000).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Frank Sound Forest (Cayman Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/frank-sound-forest-iba-cayman-islands-(to-uk) on 23/11/2024.
