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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
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens	LC	resident	1997	4,000 individuals	A4ii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	resident	1998	2,000 nests	A4ii
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra	LC	resident	2006	800-1,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding	2007	4,500 individuals	B4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	breeding	2005	223 individuals	B4i
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	LC	breeding	2005	4,000-5,000 individuals	B4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	1997	1,500-2,000 individuals	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	breeding	1997	25 adults	B4i

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
-	Great Pedro Banks WS/R	Wildlife Sanctuary	100

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pedro Cays and Bank (Jamaica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pedro-cays-and-bank-iba-jamaica on 23/11/2024.