BS005
North Atlantic Abaco Cays


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 (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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1988 Black Sound Cay National Park National Park (Ia) <1

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Neritic major (>10)
Shrubland minor (<10)
Forest - Mangrove

Land use

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.