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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
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	LC	breeding	2006	86 breeding pairs	B4ii
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding	2006	105 breeding pairs	B4ii
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	breeding	2006	< 50 individuals	B4i
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens	LC	breeding	2006	50-249 individuals	B4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding	2006	427 breeding pairs	B4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	breeding	2006	641 breeding pairs	A4i
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	LC	breeding	2006	3,555 breeding pairs	B4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	2006	1,386 breeding pairs	A4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2006	218 breeding pairs	A4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	2006	330 breeding pairs	A4i

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
1988	Black Sound Cay National Park	National Park	<1
2002	Walker's Cay National Park	National Park	4
2009	Fowl Cays National Park	National Park	1
2010	No Name Cay Marine Reserve	Fisheries Reserve	1
2010	Crab Cay Marine Reserve	Fisheries Reserve	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)
Forest	Mangrove	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
urban/industrial/transport	-

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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 23/11/2024.