BB002
St Lucy Shooting Swamps


IBA Justification

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
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica LC winter (1991) 4,050–9,000 birds A4i
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos LC winter (1991) 6,600 birds A4i
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes VU winter (1991) 13,200 birds A4i
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca NT winter (1991) 2,550 birds A4i
Barbados Bullfinch Loxigilla barbadensis LC resident (2007) unknown A2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a unknown (2007) 20,000 birds A4iii

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine major (>10) Other artificial wetlands

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland minor (<10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: St Lucy Shooting Swamps (Barbados). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/st-lucy-shooting-swamps-iba-barbados on 25/12/2024.