List of Important Bird Areas in Antigua and Barbuda

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Important Bird Areas  (IBA) have been identified by BirdLife International as particularly valuable habitats for birds. They do not represent a protection category with legal consequences in the actual sense, but indicate a need for protection. Another award is the Endemic Bird Areas  (EBA) for endemic animal species .

In Antigua and Barbuda there are 12 Important Bird Areas, with almost 200 km², which cover about  ¹ ⁄ _{5 of} the land area. In addition, the whole country belongs to a large endemic bird area, one of six in the Caribbean, which is considered a biodiversity hotspot.

Antigua and Barbuda signed the Cartagena Convention (1983/1986), which obliges the signatory states to protect marine ecosystems, and in 1990 the UNEP's SPAW protocol (Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region) , in which the Cooperation with BirdLife is also required. Around ² ⁄ _{3 of} the designated IBA area is now under national protection, albeit with very different degrees of severity.

List of IBAs and EBAs in Antigua and Barbuda

Location ... Parish / Dependency; and coordinate ^(G.)

Crit. ... IBA criteria , selection criteria for the bird species to be found (A1 ... threatened worldwide, A2 ... endemic, A4 / B4 ... collection area)

No.	designation	Location (G.)	ha (fl.)	Height m above sea ​​level	Crit.	since	Notes (sort.)
AG001	Redonda	Redonda	720	0-296	B4ii	2007	whole island (56 ha) with surrounding sea area
AG002	Codrington Lagoon and the Creek	Barbuda	7,785	0-7	A1, A2, A4i, A4ii	2007	with offshore reefs; including Codrington Lagoon  RS (No. 1488 , 36 km²), mostly Codrington Lagoon  NP ( CLNP , 67 km²)
AG003	McKinnon's Salt Pond	St. John	78	0-2	A1, A4i, B4i	2007
AG004	Hanson's Bay - Flashes	St. Mary	185	oA	A1, A4i	2007
AG005	Valley Church Bay	St. John , St. Mary	20th	0-10	A1, A2, B4i	2007
AG006	Offshore islands	St. John , St. Mary , St. George , St. Peter , St. Phillip	9,021	0-50	A1, A2, B4i	2007	two sub-areas on the east and west coast, the east part protected as part of the North East Marine Management Area ( NEMMA , 78 km²)
AG007	Fitches Creek Bay (- Parham Harbor)	St. George , St. Peter	730	oA	A1, A2, A4i	2007	Fitches Creek Bay and Parham Harbor; Fitches Creek  PA (onA) in discussion
AG008	Wallings Forest	St. Mary , St. Paul	188	120-280	A1, A2	2007	is implemented as Wallings Forest  CA (WFCA , 6.8 km²)
AG009	Christian Valley	St. Mary	669	50-402	A1, A2	2007	including Mount Obama , will be implemented as Mount Obama  NP (MONP , approx. 10 km²)
AG010	Potworks Dam	St. Paul , St. Peter	117	20th	A1, A2, A4i, B4i	2007	artificial lake
AG011	Christian Cove	St. Paul , St. Phillip	95	0-5	A1, A4i	2007
AG012	Bethesda Dam	St. Paul	1	approx. 10	A1, A2, A4i	2007	artificial lake
EBA 030	Lesser Antilles	(1)	oA (1)	000-402 (1)			all three islands; (1) some international and national protected areas
Total 13 areas (12 IBA / 1 EBA), designated area (without EBA) : (Fl.)			19,609	196 km², thereof approx.  1 ⁄ 2  land ... approx.  1 ⁄ 5 d. Land area (approx. 440 km²) of which nationally protected: approx.  2 ⁄ 3

Status: 2/2014, source: birdlife.org

^(G.) Coordinates according to ramsar.org (coordinate center)

^(Fl.) Area according to ramsar.org data sheet

^(Sort.) Sortable according to international / national and other protection or lack of national designation

⁽¹⁾Position / altitude in the state; comprises 16 states / dependent areas, total area approx. 360,000 ha, altitude up to 1500 m

literature

• C.Devenish, DF Diaz, RP Clay, IJ Davidson, IY Zabala: Important Bird Areas of the Americas: Priority Sites for Biodiversity Conservation. BirdLife International, 2009.
• DC Ways, V. Anadon-Irizarry: Important Bird Areas in the Caribbean: Key Sites for Conservation. BirdLife International, 2008.

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• Antigua and Barbuda, Country profile , BirdLife International

1. ^ S. Chape, M. Spalding, S. Jenkins: The World's Protected Areas. Status, Values ​​and Prospects in the 21st Century . Ed .: UNEP-WCMC. UNEP-WCMC, 2008, ISBN 978-0-520-24660-7 , Caribbean chapter , p. 190 ff . ( Abstract unep-wcmc.org , EReader archive.org - esp. 193 on the Endemic Bird Areas). Abstract unep-wcmc.org], [https://archive.org/details/worldsprotecteda08chap EReader archive.org ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Verónica Anadón-Irizarry, David C.wege, Amy Upgren, et al .: Sites for priority biodiversity conservation in the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot . in: Journal of Threatened Taxa August 2012, JoTT Communication, Key Biodiversity Area Special Series 4 (8), pp. 2806–2844 ( pdf ( memento of the original from November 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , threatenedtaxa.org). 
3. ^ ^{A b} Convention and Protocols Status Page , cep.unep.org
4. ↑ See Workplan and budget for the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) for the 2013–2014 biennium , UNEP (DEPI) / CAR WG.34 / 6, 23 October 2012, point 11 (a) Coordination with relevant programs, donors and organizations to develop synergies and collaboration on issues of common interest as appropriate , p. 2, point 12, p. 3 and 42. (2.4.2.3 Conservation of Birds (in collaboration with BirdLife, SCSCB and WHMSI ) (b). , S 11 f (there the quote; pdf p. 8, 9 resp. 17, pdf , cep.unep.org, engl.);
   SPAW - Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife , cep.unep.org - website of the Cartagena program
5. ^ Global IBA Criteria. In: birdlife.org> Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs) . Accessed February 2014 .