Table 1. Observations that surpass geographic population thresholds.
Single records that exceed 1% of the geographic population threshold for a species. Only the highest count for each site per season per year is included. Sites designated as IBAs are indicated with IBA code; none are WHSRN sites. See Data S1 for more details of each record.
| Species | Estimated Populationa | 1% threshold | High count | % of Pop. | Country |
Site (Island) |
IBA code |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis sqatarola cynosuraeb |
100,000 | 1,000 | 2,800 | 2.8 | Cuba | Laguna de la Jaiba | CU008 | 10-Oct-2019 |
| Black-bellied Plover | 100,000 | 1,000 | 1,205 | 1.2 | Cuba | Humedal Sur de Pinar del Río | CU003 | 22-Mar-2012 |
| Wilson’s Plover Charadrius wilsonia wilsonia |
14,000c | 140 | 150 | 1.1 | Cuba | Humedal Sur de Pinar del Río | CU003 | 22-Jan-2013 |
| Wilson’s Plover C. w. cinnamominus |
7,500c | 75 | 275 | 3.7 | Bonaire | Harbour Village | 20-Sep-2013 | |
| Piping Plover C. melodus melodus |
3,760d | 38 | 158 | 4.2 | The Bahamas | Ambergris Cay Group (Berry Islands) |
BS042 | 5-Feb-2017 |
| 153 | 4 | The Bahamas | Pigeon Cay (Berry Islands) |
BS042 | 31-Oct-2016 | |||
| 84 | 2.2 | The Bahamas | Kemp’s Cay Flats (Berry Islands) |
31-Oct-2016 | ||||
| Piping Plover | 3,760 | 38 | 88 | 2.3 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Cay off East Caicos | TC005 | 17-Jan-2017 |
| 42 | 1.1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Cay off East Caicos | TC005 | 30-Jan-2016 | |||
| 56 | 1.5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Cay off East Caicos | TC005 | 20-Jan-2019 | |||
| Piping Plover | 3,760 | 38 | 83 | 2.2 | The Bahamas | Joulter Cays (North Andros) |
BS041 | 29-Sep-2015 |
| 80 | 2.1 | The Bahamas | Joulter Cays (North Andros) |
BS041 | 12-Nov-2017 | |||
| 54 | 1.4 | The Bahamas | Joulter Cays (North Andros) |
BS041 | 1-Feb-2017 | |||
| Piping Plover | 3,760 | 38 | 77 | 2 | The Bahamas | Moriah Harbour Cay (Exuma) |
1-Feb-2016 | |
| Piping Plover | 3,760 | 38 | 76 | 2 | The Bahamas | Young Sound (North Andros) |
18-Nov-2016 | |
| 43 | 1.1 | The Bahamas | Young Sound (North Andros) |
19-Oct-2013 | ||||
| Piping Plover | 3,760 | 38 | 71 | 1.9 | The Bahamas | Kamalamae Cay (North Andros) |
4-Feb-2016 | |
| 58 | 1.5 | The Bahamas | Kamalamae Cay (North Andros) |
16-Nov-2016 | ||||
| 42 | 1.1 | The Bahamas | Kamalamae Cay (North Andros) |
9-Mar-2013 | ||||
| 40 | 1.1 | The Bahamas | Kamalamae Cay (North Andros) |
7-Feb-2017 | ||||
| 40 | 1.1 | The Bahamas | Kamalamae Cay (North Andros) |
23-Feb-2011 | ||||
| Piping Plover | 3,760 | 38 | 60 | 1.6 | The Bahamas | Freeport Aggregate (Grand Bahama) |
6-Jan-2019 | |
| Piping Plover | 3,760 | 38 | 50 | 1.3 | The Bahamas | Island Homes Beach (Abaco) |
14-Nov-2015 | |
| 49 | 1.3 | The Bahamas | Island Homes Beach (Abaco) |
12-Nov-2016 | ||||
| 45 | 1.2 | The Bahamas | Island Homes Beach (Abaco) |
18-Nov-2017 | ||||
| 41 | 1.1 | The Bahamas | Island Homes Beach (Abaco) |
18-Jan-2016 | ||||
| Piping Plover | 3,760 | 38 | 47 | 1.2 | The Bahamas | Cherokee Sound (Abaco) |
1-Jan-2019 | |
| Red Knot Calidris canutus rufa |
42,000 | 420 | 410 | 0.98 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Caicos Banks/ Blue Hole |
20-Jan-2017 | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus griseus/hendersoni |
78,000 | 780 | 14,517 | 18.61 | Cuba | Humedal Sur de Pinar del Río | CU003 | 30-Jan-2014 |
| 12,000 | 15.4 | Cuba | Humedal Sur de Pinar del Río | CU003 | 26-Sep-2019 | |||
| 8,397 | 11.5 | Cuba | Humedal Sur de Pinar del Río | CU003 | 24-Nov-2013 | |||
| 2,833 | 3.6 | Cuba | Humedal Sur de Pinar del Río | CU003 | 15-Mar-2013 | |||
| 1,985 | 2.5 | Cuba | Humedal Sur de Pinar del Río | CU003 | 22-Jan-2013 | |||
| 800 | 1 | Cuba | Humedal Sur de Pinar del Río | CU003 | 10-Dec-2019 | |||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 78,000 | 780 | 5,000 | 6.4 | Cuba | Cayo Guilleremo | 25-Feb-2018 | |
| 1,000 | 1.3 | Cuba | Cayo Guilleremo | 4-Mar-2018 | ||||
| 850 | 1.1 | Cuba | Cayo Guilleremo | 16-Feb-2011 | ||||
| 800 | 1 | Cuba | Cayo Guilleremo | 6-Jan-2017 | ||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 78,000 | 780 | 1,500 | 1.9 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Caicos Banks/ Blue Hole/Black Rock |
20-Jan-2017 | |
| 770 | 0.99 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Caicos Banks/ Blue Hole/Black Rock |
30-Jan-2019 | ||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 78,000 | 780 | 955 | 1.2 | The Bahamas | Joulter Cays (North Andros) |
BS041 | 29-Sep-2015 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 78,000 | 780 | 759 | 0.97 | Cuba | Las Salinas, Zapata Swamp |
CU006 | 19-Jan-2012 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 78,000 | 780 | 750 | 0.96 | Cuba | Punta Hicacos, Veradero |
25-Jan-2012 |
Notes.
a
From Andres et al. (2012) unless otherwise noted.
b
Subspecies or geographic population not listed in The Clements Checklist Clements et al. (2019).
c
Based on Zdravkovic (2013).
d
Based on US Fish and Wildlife Service (2019).