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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
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding (2006)	250-999 birds	B4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding (2006)	< 50 birds	B4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1968	Goulding Cay WNR	Wild Bird Reserve (IV)	<1

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

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Goulding Cay Wild Bird Reserve (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/goulding-cay-wild-bird-reserve-iba-bahamas on 23/12/2024.