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 IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1996 |
Saint-Barthélemy
|
Réserve naturelle nationale (IV) |
12 |
| 1998 |
Etangs des Salines
|
Specially Protected Area (Cartagena Convention) (III) |
16 |
| 2007 |
FORT KARL
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) |
<1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Shrubland |
major (>10) |
Arid lowland scrub |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| not utilised |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Îlets les Petits Saints et Gros Islets (St Barthelemy (to France)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/îlets-les-petits-saints-et-gros-islets-iba-st-barthelemy-(to-france) on 13/01/2025.
