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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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2005	50-249 individuals	A1, A4i
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber	LC	resident	1965-1985	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4i
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	breeding	2005	50-249 individuals	A1
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	NT	resident	2005	250-999 individuals	A4i
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	resident	2005	250-999 individuals	B4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	resident	2005	50-249 individuals	B4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	resident	2005	50-249 individuals	A4i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	resident	2005	50-249 individuals	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	resident	2005	50-249 individuals	B4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter	2005	50-249 individuals	B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	winter	2005	50-249 individuals	B4i
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala	NT	breeding	2005	2,500-9,999 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	resident	1965-1985	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1965	Union Creek Reserve	National Park	1
1997	Inagua National Park	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	18
1997	Inagua National Park	National Park	42

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Sam Nixon Bird Club	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Shrubland	Arid lowland scrub	major (>10)
Forest	Mangrove	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Great Inagua (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/great-inagua-iba-bahamas on 22/11/2024.