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Grand Turk Salinas and Shores


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
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis LC breeding (2005) 60 birds B4i
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia LC breeding (2005) 30 pairs B4i
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus VU winter (2005) 4,000 birds A4i
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes VU winter (2005) 6,000 birds A4i
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca NT winter (2005) 1,000 birds A4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla LC breeding (2005) 900 birds A4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum LC breeding (2005) 840 pairs A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC breeding (2005) 60 birds B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus LC breeding (2005) 40 birds B4i

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1992 Columbus Landfall Marine National Park (IV) 10

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Neritic major (>10)
Forest - Mangrove
Wetlands (inland) -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Grand Turk Salinas and Shores (Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grand-turk-salinas-and-shores-iba-turks-and-caicos-islands-(to-uk) on 23/12/2024.