Battowia
Battowia or Bettowia is one of the Grenadine islands which lie between the Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada.[2] [3] Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It has been declared a Wildlife Reserve.[4]
Fauna
Battowia is locally known as "Bird Island" as it is a roosting and nesting site for a variety of seabirds, including frigatebirds, gulls, boobies, brown pelicans, brown noddies and sooty terns. The island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it is a key roosting and nesting site for seabirds.[5] Land birds include tropical mockingbirds, eared doves and Antillean crested hummingbirds.[6]
Other inhabitants are goats and the rare Barbour's tropical racer.[7]
References
- ^ Battowia Island
- ^ Battowia Island: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
- ^ (in French) Battowia (St Vincent)
- ^ «Battowia Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines» Archived 2019-04-18 at the Wayback Machine, Protected Planet
- ^ "Battowia Island". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
- ^ Jacqui English Battowia – “Bird Island”
- ^ Battowia Island