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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
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding (2007)	100–300 pairs	B4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	breeding (2007)	800–1,000 pairs	A4i
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	LC	breeding (2000–2006)	20,000–40,000 pairs	A4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding (2000–2007)	50–200 pairs	A4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding (2007)	20–600 pairs	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding (2007)	50–250 pairs	B4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	breeding (2007)	20–80 pairs	B4i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Saba Island	Marine Protected Area (V)	3
1990	Caribbean Barrier Resource System	Marine Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary (-)	-
2010	Saba Island	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) (V)	3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saba Island and Cays (Virgin Islands (to USA)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saba-island-and-cays-iba-virgin-islands-(to-usa) on 23/12/2024.