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Oranjestad Reef Islands


IBA Justification

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
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC breeding 2007 26 breeding pairs A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC resident 2007 1,300 individuals A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Oranjestad Reef Islands (Aruba (to Netherlands)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oranjestad-reef-islands-iba-aruba-(to-netherlands) on 23/11/2024.