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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	breeding	2005	1,000-2,499 individuals	A4i
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica	LC	non-breeding	2005-2008	1,000-2,499 individuals	A4i
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus	LC	non-breeding	2005	1,000-2,499 individuals	A4i
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	non-breeding	2005	250-999 individuals	A4i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	NT	non-breeding	2005	1,000-2,499 individuals	A4i
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla	NT	non-breeding	2005	2,500-9,999 individuals	A4i
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	NT	non-breeding	2005	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4i
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus	VU	non-breeding	2005	1,000-2,499 individuals	A4i
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius	LC	non-breeding	2005	1,000-2,499 individuals	A4i
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria	LC	non-breeding	2005	1,000-2,499 individuals	A4i
Willet Tringa semipalmata	LC	non-breeding	2005	1,000-2,499 individuals	A4i
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes	VU	non-breeding	2005	2,500-9,999 individuals	A4i
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca	NT	non-breeding	2005	250-999 individuals	A4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	non-breeding	2005	2,500-9,999 individuals	A4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	non-breeding	2005	250-999 individuals	A4i
Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris	LC	breeding	2005	250-999 individuals	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	non-breeding	2005	1,000-2,499 individuals	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	resident	2005	250-999 individuals	A4i
Rufous Crab-hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis	NT	resident	-	present	A2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	2005	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Marais De Kaw	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	72
1998	Marais de Kaw-Roura	Réserve naturelle nationale	50
1998	Montagne D'argent	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2001	Guyane	Parc naturel régional	29
2013	RIVE DROITE DU MAHURY	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangrove	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plaine Kaw et Pointe Béhague (French Guiana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plaine-kaw-et-pointe-béhague-iba-french-guiana on 23/11/2024.