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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 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
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	winter (2012)	min 326 birds	A1, A4i
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus	VU	winter (2012)	min 2,339 birds	A4i

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2012. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (>4 years)	whole of popul­ation/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Residential and commercial development	likely in long term (>4 years)	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Mangrove
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Joulter Cays (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/joulter-cays-iba-bahamas on 23/12/2024.