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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
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	LC	breeding	2006	25-35 breeding pairs	A4ii
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	2006	50-60 breeding pairs	B4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2006	10-24 breeding pairs	B4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2

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
1987	POINTE DES CHATEAUX	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	100
1998	Etangs des Salines	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	15
2010	Agoa	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	88

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Forest	Mangrove	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pointe des Châteaux (Guadeloupe (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pointe-des-châteaux-iba-guadeloupe-(to-france) on 23/11/2024.