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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2013 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
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	resident (2007)	200 pairs	A4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding (2007)	20 pairs	B4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding (1999–2005)	420 birds	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	breeding (2006)	115 birds	B4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2013. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	whole of popul­ation/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)
Forest	minor (<10)	Mangrove
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Scrub Island (Anguilla (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/scrub-island-iba-anguilla-(to-uk) on 23/12/2024.