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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
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala	NT	breeding (2007)	unknown	A1
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident (2005)	unknown	A2
Vitelline Warbler Setophaga vitellina	NT	resident (2005)	unknown	A1, A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2013	Sparrowhawk Hill	Sparrowhawk Hill (II)	8

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sparrowhawk Hill (Cayman Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sparrowhawk-hill-iba-cayman-islands-(to-uk) on 23/12/2024.