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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1928	Little Tobago	Nature Reserve (IV)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-

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 23/12/2024.