DM004
L'llet


IBA Justification

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
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus LC breeding (2007) 100 birds B4ii
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens LC breeding (2007) 300 birds B4ii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster LC breeding (2007) 150 birds B4ii
Black Noddy Anous minutus LC breeding (2007) 350 birds A4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus LC breeding (2007) 250 birds A4i

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
tourism/recreation minor (<10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: L'llet (Dominica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lllet-iba-dominica on 23/12/2024.