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Barbados

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A voyage for Caribbean Seabirds

Documenting new seabird-colony Important Bird Areas, finding previously undocumented colonies and colonies thought to be extirpated: these are just some of the exciting discoveries reported within Environmental Protection in the Caribbean’s (EPIC’s) ground-breaking Seabird Breeding Atlas of the Lesser Antilles.  more...


Threatened whistling-ducks arrive at Woodbourne, Barbados

Flooding at BirdLife's Woodbourne Shorebird Refuge in Barbados reduced the amount of suitable stop-over habitat for shorebirds this autumn, but this proved good for ducks and in September, two globally threatened West Indian Whistling-ducks turned up - the first time the species has been on the island for 50 years.  more...


Last remaining mangrove wetland in Barbados disappearing

A new environmental study sharply critical of the Government of Barbados shows the key Graeme Hall mangrove wetland is disappearing due to outside pollution and poor water quality.  more...


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Recommended Citation:
BirdLife International (2013) Country profile: Barbados. Available from: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/barbados. Checked: 2013-06-20

Barbados at a glance

Capital

Bridgetown

Area

430km2

BirdLife Partner

None

Species

Total number of birds 213
Globally threatened birds 2
Country endemics 1

Important Bird Areas

Number of IBAs 7
Total IBA area 185 ha

Endemic Bird Areas

Number of EBAs 1