AG004
Hanson's Bay – Flashes


IBA Justification

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 2007 80 individuals A1
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla LC resident 2007 400 individuals A4i

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


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest Mangrove major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Neritic major (>10)
Marine Intertidal minor (<10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hanson's Bay – Flashes (Antigua and Barbuda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hansons-bay-–-flashes-iba-antigua-and-barbuda on 22/11/2024.