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Pedro Cays and Bank


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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Great Pedro Banks WS/R Wildlife Sanctuary (-) 100

Habitats

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

Land use

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


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 23/12/2024.