Black Sound Cay National Reserve

Black Sound Cay National Reserve
Map showing the location of Black Sound Cay National Reserve
Map showing the location of Black Sound Cay National Reserve
Black Sound Cay National Reserve
The location of Black Sound Cay National Reserve within the Bahamas
LocationGreen Turtle Cay, the Bahamas
Coordinates26°45′35″N 77°19′14″W / 26.7597°N 77.3205°W / 26.7597; -77.3205[1]
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Established1 November 1988[2]
Governing bodyBahamas 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).[2][3]

Flora and fauna

The mangrove area includes red, white and black mangroves, and buttonwood, creating sheltered nursery waters for groupers, crawfish and conch.[2] The park provides important habitat for birds such as the white-cheeked pintail and the West Indian whistling duck,[2] and for migratory bird species including the painted bunting, indigo bunting, American redstart, black-and-white warbler and magnolia warbler.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Black Sound Cay National Park in Bahamas". Protected Planet. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Black Sound Cay National Reserve". The Bahamas National Trust. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Abaco's National Parks". Friends of the Environment. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Abaco Marine Parks - Management Plan 2017" (PDF). Bahamas National Trust. pp. 20–22, 72–73. Retrieved 3 January 2019.


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