MQ008
Rocher du Diamant


IBA Justification

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 (2007) 160 birds B4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus LC breeding (2003) 200–250 pairs B4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus LC breeding (2003) 100–120 pairs A4i

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1994 CAP SALOMON Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) 1
1994 Rocher du Diamant Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV) 100
2005 ROCHER DU DIAMANT Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) <1
2017 Martinique Marine Nature Park (V) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rocher du Diamant (Martinique (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rocher-du-diamant-iba-martinique-(to-france) on 04/12/2024.