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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
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	LC	resident (1958–1968)	100 pairs	A4i
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	resident (1958–1968)	100 pairs	B4ii
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens	LC	breeding (2000)	500–1,000 pairs	A4ii
Red-footed Booby Sula sula	LC	breeding (2000)	750 pairs	B4ii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	resident (1958–1968)	50 pairs	B4ii
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra	LC	winter (2006)	80 birds	B4ii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1968	St. Giles Island	Game Sanctuary (-)	100

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

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: St Giles Islands (Trinidad and Tobago). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/st-giles-islands-iba-trinidad-and-tobago on 23/12/2024.