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The site was identified as important in 2022 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
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber	LC	resident	2023	min 600 individuals	B3a
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	winter	2018	38 individuals	B1a
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	winter	2022-2023	min 90,000 individuals	A4, B1a, B3a
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	passage	2017-2020	min 1,845 individuals	B1a
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes	VU	winter	2023	min 5,000 individuals	A4, B3a
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2017-2020	min 101,485 individuals	B3b

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Abandoned or fallow farmland, disturbed ground, Arable land, Forestry and agro-industrial plantations, Improved pasture land, Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Rice paddies, Urban and industrial areas	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Forest	Second-growth or disturbed forest, Mangrove	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)

The lands encompassed by the IBA are a mix of national (state), municipal, and private lands.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Guyana East Coast (Guyana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/guyana-east-coast-iba-guyana on 23/11/2024.