North-east Curaçao parks and coast, Curaçao (Curaçao (to Netherlands)) IBA | Details

AN015

North-east Curaçao parks and coast, Curaçao

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A3
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding (2002)	514 birds	B4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1978	Curacao	Underwater Park (II)	8
1978	Christoffel	National Park (-)	15

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Tropical lowland evergreen; Mangrove
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-
Marine Neritic	-
Shrubland	-	Arid lowland scrub

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North-east Curaçao parks and coast, Curaçao (Curaçao (to Netherlands)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-east-curaçao-parks-and-coast-curaçao-iba-curaçao-(to-netherlands) on 23/12/2024.