AG005
Valley Church Bay


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
West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea NT resident (2007) 30 birds A1
Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus LC resident (2007) unknown A2
American Coot Fulica americana LC resident (2007) 40 birds A1
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis LC resident (2007) 70 birds B4i
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla LC resident (2007) 200 birds B4i
Least Tern Sternula antillarum LC breeding (2007) 100 birds B4i
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica LC resident (2007) 5 birds A2

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest major (>10) Mangrove
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Intertidal major (>10)

Land use

Land use % of IBA
tourism/recreation major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valley Church Bay (Antigua and Barbuda). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valley-church-bay-iba-antigua-and-barbuda on 23/12/2024.