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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
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	LC	resident (2007)	< 50 birds	B4ii
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	LC	breeding (2007)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding (2007)	250–500 birds	A4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding (2007)	50–100 birds	B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	resident (2007)	< 50 birds	B4i
Saint Lucia Black Finch Melanospiza richardsoni	EN	resident (2007)	unknown	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding (2007)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Point Sable	National Park (-)	100
1986	Anse Pointe Sable-Man Kote Mangroves	Marine Reserve (II)	-
2007	Pointe Sable	Environmental Protection Area (V)	73

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Mangrove
Grassland	minor (<10)
Marine Neritic	minor (<10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
energy production and mining	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Point Sables (St Lucia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/point-sables-iba-st-lucia on 23/12/2024.