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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
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	LC	breeding	2005	40 breeding pairs	B4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding	2005	7,400 breeding pairs	A4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	LC	breeding	2005	150 breeding pairs	A4i
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	LC	breeding	2005	44,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	2005	2,300 breeding pairs	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	2005	min 53,000 breeding pairs	A4iii

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
1987	Big Sand Cay	Sanctuary	12
1987	Grand Turk Cays, Land and Sea	National Park	10
1987	Long Cay	Sanctuary	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Turks Bank Seabird Cays (Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/turks-bank-seabird-cays-iba-turks-and-caicos-islands-(to-uk) on 23/11/2024.