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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
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding (2002)	60 pairs	B4ii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1996	Saint-Barthélemy	Réserve naturelle nationale (IV)	35
1998	Etangs des Salines	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) (III)	20

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)	Arid lowland scrub

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)
not utilised	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Petite Islette (St Barthelemy (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/petite-islette-iba-st-barthelemy-(to-france) on 23/12/2024.