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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
Bahama Hummingbird Nesophlox evelynae	LC	resident	2008	unknown	A2
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis	LC	non-breeding	2005	30 individuals	B4i
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	LC	breeding	2005	30 breeding pairs	B4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	non-breeding	2005	900 individuals	B4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2005	280 breeding pairs	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	non-breeding	2005	60 individuals	B4i
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris	LC	resident	2008	unknown	A2
Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii	LC	resident	2008	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	Salt Cay	Area of Historical Interest	48

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Salt pans & salinas	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salt Cay Creek and Salinas (Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/salt-cay-creek-and-salinas-iba-turks-and-caicos-islands-(to-uk) on 23/11/2024.