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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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea	NT	resident	2005	unknown	A1
White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis	LC	resident	2005	1,000 individuals	B4i
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber	LC	winter	2005	3,000 individuals	A4i
Bahama Hummingbird Nesophlox evelynae	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis	LC	winter	2005	3 individuals	B4i
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	NT	winter	2005	400 individuals	A4i
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	non-breeding	2005	150 individuals	B4i
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	winter	2005	2,500 individuals	A4i
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	LC	resident	2005	100 individuals	B4i
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla	NT	winter	2005	6,000 individuals	A4i
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus	VU	winter	2005	3,200 individuals	A4i
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes	VU	winter	2005	5,000 individuals	A4i
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca	NT	winter	2005	1,000 individuals	A4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	non-breeding	2005	900 individuals	B4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	non-breeding	2005	100 individuals	B4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	2005	60 individuals	B4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	non-breeding	2005	150 individuals	B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	non-breeding	2005	150 individuals	B4i
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii	LC	resident	2005	unknown	A2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2005	20,000 individuals	A4iii

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
1987	Vine Point and Ocean Hole	Nature Reserve	1
1990	North, Middle & East Caicos Islands	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1992	North, Middle and East Caicos	Nature Reserve	93

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North, Middle and East Caicos Ramsar Site (Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-middle-and-east-caicos-ramsar-site-iba-turks-and-caicos-islands-(to-uk) on 22/11/2024.