Islet of Tête à l’Anglais (Guadeloupe (to France))

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Islet of Tête à l’Anglais

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	LC	breeding	2007	6,156 nests	B4i

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Guadeloupe [aire d'adhésion]	Parc national, aire d'adhésion	100
2010	Guadeloupe	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	100
2010	Agoa	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

Land ownership

The owner is the state and the islet is managed by the French National Forest Service.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islet of Tête à l’Anglais (Guadeloupe (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islet-of-tête-à-l’anglais-iba-guadeloupe-(to-france) on 23/11/2024.