BS040
Great Isaac Cay


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2010 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
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus LC breeding (2009) 568 nests A4i

Habitats

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

Land use

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

Land ownership
Government


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Great Isaac Cay (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/great-isaac-cay-iba-bahamas on 23/12/2024.