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The site was identified as important in 2014 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
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber	LC	resident	2007	500 individuals	B4i
Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A3
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	LC	breeding	2007	412 individuals	B4i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2007	20 individuals	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	resident	2007	360 individuals	B4i
Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis	NT	resident	2007	250 individuals	A1, A2, A3
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica	LC	resident	2007	unknown	A2
Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus	LC	resident	2007	20 individuals	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1969	Washington-Slagbaai (Bonaire)	National Park	85
1979	Bonaire	National Marine Park	8
1980	Het Gotomeer	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3
1980	De Slagbaai	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Washington-Slagbaai National Park, Bonaire (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/washington-slagbaai-national-park-bonaire-iba-bonaire-sint-eustatius-and-saba-(to-netherlands) on 22/11/2024.