BS028
Graham's Harbour


IBA Justification

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
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus LC breeding (2007) 20 pairs B4ii
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri LC breeding (2005) 93 pairs B4ii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster LC breeding (2005) 50 pairs B4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus LC breeding (2005) 300 pairs B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus LC breeding (2007) 10 pairs B4i

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2013 moderate high low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes habitat unknown

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Shrubland good (>90%) moderate (70–90%) moderate

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes happe­ning now most of popul­ation/area (50–90%) moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations) high
Human intrusions and disturbance happe­ning now some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%) No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun Some limited conservation initiatives are in place low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal major (>10)
Marine Neritic major (>10)
Shrubland -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
urban/industrial/transport -
tourism/recreation -
fisheries/aquaculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Graham's Harbour (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grahams-harbour-iba-bahamas on 23/12/2024.