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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	breeding (2000)	750–1,000 pairs	A4ii
Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A2
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A2
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding (2000)	1,000 birds	B4ii
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	LC	resident (2006)	unknown	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Saba	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) (II)	51
1987	Saba	National Marine Park (II)	34

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Forest	-	Elfin; Second-growth & disturbed
Grassland	-

Land use	% of IBA
other	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saba (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saba-iba-bonaire-sint-eustatius-and-saba-(to-netherlands) on 04/12/2024.