VG002
Green Cay


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
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii LC breeding (2005) 1,755 birds A4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica LC resident (2008) unknown A2
Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus LC resident (2007) unknown A2

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Green Cay (Virgin Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/green-cay-iba-virgin-islands-(to-uk) on 23/12/2024.