Black Sound Cay National Reserve | |
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IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve) | |
Black Sound Cay National ReserveThe location of Black Sound Cay National Reserve within the Bahamas | |
Location | Green Turtle Cay, the Bahamas |
Coordinates | 26°45′35″N 77°19′14″W / 26.7597°N 77.3205°W / 26.7597; -77.3205 |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Established | 1 November 1988 |
Governing body | Bahamas National Trust |
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Black Sound Cay National Reserve is a national park on Green Turtle Cay in North Abaco, the Bahamas. The park was established in 1988 and has an area of 2 acres (0.81 ha).
Flora and fauna
The mangrove area includes red, white and black mangroves, and buttonwood, creating sheltered nursery waters for groupers, crawfish and conch. The park provides important habitat for birds such as the white-cheeked pintail and the West Indian whistling duck, and for migratory bird species including the painted bunting, indigo bunting, American redstart, black-and-white warbler and magnolia warbler.
References
- ^ "Black Sound Cay National Park in Bahamas". Protected Planet. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Black Sound Cay National Reserve". The Bahamas National Trust. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- "Abaco's National Parks". Friends of the Environment. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- "Abaco Marine Parks - Management Plan 2017" (PDF). Bahamas National Trust. pp. 20–22, 72–73. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
National parks of The Bahamas | |
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Abaco | |
Andros | |
Conception Island | |
Crooked Island | |
Eleuthera | |
Exuma | |
Grand Bahama | |
Inagua | |
New Providence |
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