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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
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	winter	2006	70 individuals	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Grand Bahama Southern Shore (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grand-bahama-southern-shore-iba-bahamas on 24/11/2024.