Black Sound Cay National Reserve
National park on Green Turtle Cay in North Abaco, Bahamas
26°45′35″N 77°19′14″W / 26.7597°N 77.3205°W / 26.7597; -77.3205[1]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
- ^ a b "Black Sound Cay National Park in Bahamas". Protected Planet. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d "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.
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