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Titre :	Important Bird Areas Anguilla
Auteurs :	Steve Holliday, Auteur ; Karim Hodge, Auteur ; Farah Mukhida, Auteur ; Clarissa Lloyd, Auteur ; James Millett, Auteur ; Louise Soanes, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	British Birds (108(8) AUG 2015)
Article en page(s) :	449-466
Résumé :	Anguilla is a UK Overseas Territory, the northernmost of the island groups in the Lesser Antilles, in the eastern Caribbean. It has been long known for its seabirds; 16 species currently breed, with Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus, Brown Booby Sula leucogaster and Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus occurring in globally important numbers. There are 16 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs), including five of the islands holding the main seabird colonies. The mainland IBAs are identified for populations of breeding seabirds, including Least Terns Sternula antillarum, and/or five restricted-rang 9 terrestrial species confined to the Lesser Antilles Endemic Bird Area (EBA). The Dog Island IBA is one of the most important seabird colonies in the Caribbean. Considerable economic growth in recent decades, especially from increased tourism, presents challenges to ensure that new development is sustainable, helping to maintain the rich biodiversity and natural resources upon which the growth is founded.

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