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Battowia Island
Native name: Battowia
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Geography
LocationCaribbean
Coordinates12°57′45″N 61°07′50″W / 12.96250°N 61.13056°W / 12.96250; -61.13056 (Battowia)
ArchipelagoGrenadines
Highest elevation427 ft (130.1 m)
Administration
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Additional information
Time zone
Private island
Battowia Island Wildlife Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Area65.9 km (25.4 sq mi)
Established1987
WebsiteBattowia Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Battowia or Bettowia is one of the Grenadine islands which lie between the Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It has been declared a Wildlife Reserve.

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. Land birds include tropical mockingbirds, eared doves and Antillean crested hummingbirds.

Other inhabitants are goats and the rare Barbour's tropical racer.

References

  1. Battowia Island
  2. Battowia Island: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
  3. (in French) Battowia (St Vincent)
  4. «Battowia Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines» Archived 2019-04-18 at the Wayback Machine, Protected Planet
  5. "Battowia Island". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  6. Jacqui English Battowia – “Bird Island”
  7. Battowia Island
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