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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
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens	LC	resident (2007)	100 birds	B4ii
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding (2006)	250 pairs	A4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1999	Secteur du Pain de Sucre	Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV)	<1
1999	Pain de Sucre	Prefectorially Decreed Biotopes (IV)	-
2004	ROCHER DE LA CARAVELLE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	<1
2013	Ilet Sainte-Marie	Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV)	<1
2017	Martinique	Marine Nature Park (V)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pointe Pain de Sucre (Martinique (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pointe-pain-de-sucre-iba-martinique-(to-france) on 22/12/2024.