Scrub Island (Anguilla (to UK)) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Scrub Island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	resident	2007	200 breeding pairs	A4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2007	20 breeding pairs	B4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	1999-2005	420 individuals	A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	breeding	2006	115 individuals	B4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2013) may differ.

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	not assessed	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

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 area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Scrub Bay Pond	Tourism Management Area	1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)
Forest	Mangrove	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

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 23/11/2024.