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Important Bird Areas of the Caribbean

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Bay Islands Department
department of Honduras
Roatán
Roatán () is an island in the Caribbean, about off the northern coast of Honduras. The largest of the Bay Islands of Honduras, it is located between the islands of Utila and Guanaja. It is approximately long, and less than across at its widest point. The island consists of two municipalities: José Santos Guardiola in the east and Roatán, including the Cayos Cochinos, in the west. The island was formerly known in English as Ruatan and Rattan.
Los Roques archipelago
federal dependency of Venezuela
Isla Aves
federal dependency of Venezuela
Utila
Utila () is the smallest of Honduras' major Bay Islands, after Roatán and Guanaja, in a region that marks the south end of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest in the world. It has been documented in history since Columbus' fourth voyage.
Guanaja
Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands of Honduras and is in the Caribbean. It is about off the north coast of Honduras, and from the island of Roatan. One of the cays off Guanaja, also called Guanaja or Bonacca or Low Cay (or just simply, The Cay), is near the main island, and contains most of the approximately 5,538 people who live in Guanaja. The densely populated cay has been described as the Venice of Honduras because of the waterways that run through it. The other two main settlements on Guanaja are Mangrove Bight and Savannah Bight. Smaller settlements includes Pelican Reef, East End and Nor
Blanquilla Island
federal dependency of Venezuela
Swan Islands
island group of Honduras
Colón Island
island
Bocas del Toro Archipelago
group of islands in the northwest of the Caribbean Sea in Panama
Cayos Miskitos
protected area of small cays and reefs in the Caribbean Sea off the Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua
Cayos Cochinos
archipelago off northern Honduras
Escudo de Veraguas
island
Glover's Reef
partially submerged atoll located off the southern coast of Belize
Scorpion Reef
reef in the Gulf of Mexico
Half Moon Caye
island in Belize
Cerro El Copey National Park
national park in Venezuela
Bastimentos Island
island in Panama
Laughing Bird Caye
island in Stann Creek District, Belize
Laguna de La Restinga National Park
national park in Venezuela
Sapodilla Cayes
island group in Belize
Popa Island
island in Panama
Cristóbal Island
island in Panama
Cayo Agua Island
island in Panama
Bird Island
island in Belize