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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
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding (2006)	4,500 birds	B4i
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	LC	resident (1997)	70,000–90,000 birds	A4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding (2007)	1,000 birds	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	resident (1997)	30–60 birds	B4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	resident (1997)	60,000–239,998 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Middle Morant Cay NR/SciR	Nature Reserve (-)	-

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

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
hunting	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Morant Cays and Bank (Jamaica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/morant-cays-and-bank-iba-jamaica on 23/12/2024.