Battowia
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Private island
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Battowia or Bettowia is one of the
Saint Vincent and Grenada.[2] [3] Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Flora and Fauna
Battowia island is locally known as "Bird island" as it is a roosting and nesting site for a variety of seabirds, in particular larger birds such as frigatebirds, gulls and boobies and also brown pelican, brown noddy, sooty tern. As well as land birds such as the tropical mockingbird, eared dove, and the Antillean crested hummingbird.[4]
Among other inhabitants of the island are
Congo snake (Amphiuma) and Barbour's tropical racer (Mastigodryas bruesi).[5]
Battowia Island has been declared a Wildlife Reserve.[6]
References
- ^ Battowia Island
- ^ Battowia Island: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
- ^ (in French) Battowia (St Vincent)
- ^ Jacqui English Battowia – “Bird Island”
- ^ Battowia Island
- Protected Planet
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