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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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2005	unknown	A1
Bahama Hummingbird Nesophlox evelynae	LC	resident	2006	400 individuals	A2
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris	LC	resident	2006	6,700 individuals	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii	LC	resident	2006	200 individuals	A2

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
1990	North, Middle & East Caicos Islands	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	59
1992	North, Middle and East Caicos	Nature Reserve	44

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Middle Caicos Forest (Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/middle-caicos-forest-iba-turks-and-caicos-islands-(to-uk) on 22/11/2024.