Black Sound Cay National Reserve Explained

Black Sound Cay National Reserve
Iucn Category:	Ia
Iucn Ref:	^[1]
Map:	Bahamas
Label:	Black Sound Cay National Reserve
Coordinates:	26.7597°N -77.3205°W
Area:	2acres
Established:	1 November 1988^[2]
Governing Body:	Bahamas National Trust
Url:	https://bnt.bs/black-sound-cay-national-reserve/

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 2acres.^[3]

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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Black Sound Cay National Park in Bahamas. Protected Planet. 3 January 2019.
2. Web site: Black Sound Cay National Reserve. The Bahamas National Trust. 3 January 2019.
3. Web site: Abaco’s National Parks. Friends of the Environment. 3 January 2019. 18 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200818000841/http://www.friendsoftheenvironment.org/abaco/abaco-national-parks/. dead.
4. Web site: Abaco Marine Parks - Management Plan 2017. Bahamas National Trust. 20–22, 72–73. 3 January 2019.