Harrold and Wilson Ponds National Park (Bahamas) IBA | Details

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Harrold and Wilson Ponds National Park

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	resident (2005)	< 50 birds	A1
Bahama Hummingbird Nesophlox evelynae	LC	resident (2005)	< 50 birds	A2
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	resident (2005)	250-999 birds	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding (2005)	< 50 birds	B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	breeding (2005)	< 50 birds	B4i
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris	LC	resident (2005)	< 50 birds	A2
Bahama Swallow Tachycineta cyaneoviridis	EN	resident (2005)	50-249 birds	A1, A2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2002	Harrold and Wilson	National Park (-)	100

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
BNT Ornithology Group	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)
Forest	-	Mangrove

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
agriculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Harrold and Wilson Ponds National Park (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/harrold-and-wilson-ponds-national-park-iba-bahamas on 27/12/2024.