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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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	breeding (2006)	50-249 birds	A1, A4i
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident (2005)	50-249 birds	A1
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	resident (2005)	50-249 birds	B4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding (2005)	50-249 birds	B4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	resident (2005)	50-249 birds	B4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1962	A rock in the Exuma Cays	Wild Bird Reserve (-)	100

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Grog Pond (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grog-pond-iba-bahamas on 23/12/2024.