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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	St. Martin's Reserve Naturelle	Marine Park	100
1998	Saint-Martin	Réserve naturelle nationale	87
1998	Etangs des Salines	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	9
2007	ILET TINTAMARE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	7
2010	Agoa	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	82
2012	Saint-Martin	Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention)	87
2012	Saint-Martin	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	87

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Shrubland	Second-growth & disturbed scrub	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.