Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs)

Ornithological information This 695,622 ha area has 413 recorded species of which 262 are residents, 242 are known or thought to breed in the area, 171 are species not known to nest in the area and 151 that are considered migrants. These include species that meet the A1, A2, A3, A4i trigger criteria.

Site description This area is comprised of 3 Marine Reserves namely Hol Chan, Caye Caulker and Port Honduras; and seven Forest Reserves: Grants Works, Mango Creek, Swasey-Bladen, Machaca, Caye Caulker, Deep River and Manatee. There are also four Wildlife Sanctuaries: Aguascaliente, Gales Point, Swallow Caye, and Corozal Bay. There are two National Parks: Sarstoon-Temash and Payne’s Creek. The four Bird Sanctuaries are Bird Caye, Monkey Caye, Los Salones and an un-named caye. Altun Ha is the sole Archaeological Reserve and Burdon Canal is the sole Nature Reserve within this IBA.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Aguacaliente (Lu Ha)	Wildlife Sanctuary	2,213	protected area overlaps with site	2,223
Altun Ha	Archaelogical Reserve	16	protected area overlaps with site	18
Bird Caye	Bird Sanctuary	1	protected area overlaps with site	1
Block 127	Private Reserve	3,565	protected area overlaps with site	3,565
Burdon Canal	Nature Reserve	2,127	protected area overlaps with site	2,416
Caye Caulker	Forest Reserve	38	protected area overlaps with site	61
Caye Caulker	Marine Reserve	3,913	protected area overlaps with site	3,913
Corozal Bay	Wildlife Sanctuary	73,049	protected area overlaps with site	73,047
Deep River	Forest Reserve	27,232	protected area overlaps with site	31,798
Gales Point	Wildlife Sanctuary	3,681	protected area overlaps with site	3,681
Golden Stream Corridor Preserve	Private Reserve	6,086	protected area overlaps with site	11,019
Gra Gra Lagoon	National Park	534	protected area overlaps with site	484
Grants Works	Forest Reserve	3,200	protected area overlaps with site	3,439
Hol Chan	Marine Reserve	401	protected area overlaps with site	1,638
Los Salones	Bird Sanctuary	1	protected area overlaps with site	1
Machaca	Forest Reserve	1,253	protected area overlaps with site	1,520
Manatee	Forest Reserve	36,576	protected area overlaps with site	3,300
Mango Creek (1)	Forest Reserve	4,372	protected area overlaps with site	14,385
Monkey Caye	Forest Reserve	670	protected area overlaps with site	591
Monkey Caye Bird Sanctuary	Bird Sanctuary	1	protected area overlaps with site	1
Port Honduras	Marine Reserve	1,323	protected area overlaps with site	40,622
Port Honduras	Marine Reserve	1,323	protected area overlaps with site	40,622
Sarstoon-Temash	National Park	16,938	protected area overlaps with site	16,955
Swallow Caye	Wildlife Sanctuary	3,631	protected area overlaps with site	3,630
Swasey-Bladen	Forest Reserve	5,981	protected area overlaps with site	5,981
Un-named Bird Sanctuary	Bird Sanctuary	1	protected area overlaps with site	1

Habitats

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Belize Coastal and near shore islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/06/2013

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