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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
Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A3
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	LC	breeding	1958-1968	250 breeding pairs	A4ii
Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci	LC	resident	2006	unknown	A3
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	resident	1958-1968	500 breeding pairs	B4ii
Red-footed Booby Sula sula	LC	resident	1958-1968	419 breeding pairs	B4ii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	resident	1958-1968	100-300 breeding pairs	B4ii
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	breeding	2000	50-208 breeding pairs	A4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	2000	43 breeding pairs	B4i

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1928	Little Tobago	Nature Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Little Tobago Island (Trinidad and Tobago). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/little-tobago-island-iba-trinidad-and-tobago on 23/11/2024.