Kemp Cay to Pigeon Cay (Bahamas) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Kemp Cay to Pigeon Cay

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	NT	winter	2011	min 255 individuals	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	high	negligible
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
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove, Tropical coniferous	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kemp Cay to Pigeon Cay (Bahamas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kemp-cay-to-pigeon-cay-iba-bahamas on 24/11/2024.