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 |
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White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus | LC | breeding (2006) | 86 pairs | B4ii |
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri | LC | breeding (2006) | 105 pairs | B4ii |
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis | LC | breeding (2006) | < 50 birds | B4i |
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens | LC | breeding (2006) | 50-249 birds | B4ii |
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus | LC | breeding (2006) | 427 pairs | B4i |
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla | LC | breeding (2006) | 641 pairs | A4i |
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus | LC | breeding (2006) | 3,555 pairs | B4i |
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus | LC | breeding (2006) | 1,386 pairs | A4i |
Least Tern Sternula antillarum | LC | breeding (2006) | 218 pairs | A4i |
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii | LC | breeding (2006) | 330 pairs | A4i |
Year | Protected Area | Designation (management category) | % coverage of IBA |
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1988 | Black Sound Cay National Park | National Park (Ia) | <1 |
Habitat | % of IBA | Habitat detail |
---|---|---|
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | major (>10) | |
Marine Neritic | major (>10) | |
Shrubland | minor (<10) | |
Forest | - | Mangrove |
Land use | % of IBA |
---|---|
not utilised | major (>10) |
tourism/recreation | minor (<10) |
fisheries/aquaculture | minor (<10) |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North Atlantic Abaco Cays (Bahamas). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-atlantic-abaco-cays-iba-bahamas on 23/12/2024.