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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	breeding (2003)	60 nests	A4ii
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding (2004)	140 nests	B4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis	LC	resident (2007)	unknown	A2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	St. Martin's Reserve Naturelle	Marine Park (-)	100
1998	Saint-Martin	Réserve naturelle nationale (IV)	87
1998	Etangs des Salines	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) (III)	9
2007	ILET TINTAMARE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	7

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)	Second-growth & disturbed scrub
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
rangeland/pastureland	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tintamarre (St Martin (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tintamarre-iba-st-martin-(to-france) on 23/12/2024.