Bubali Bird Sanctuary

The Bubali Bird Sanctuary (Dutch: Bubali vogelreservaat)[2] form a 20 ha[1] wetland area at the north-western end of the island of Aruba, a constituent country of the Dutch Caribbean.

It has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it and its surrounding vegetation support populations of a variety of birds, including threatened and restricted-range species as well as large seasonal numbers of migratory waders and neotropical passerines.

Originally created as a wastewater treatment facility, the wetland is threatened by encroachment of aquatic vegetation decreasing the area of open water.

[3] Waterbirds nesting in the IBA include American coots, common moorhens, white-cheeked pintails, least and pied-billed grebes, and green herons.

The desert scrub vegetation along the seaward side provides habitat for nesting white-tailed nightjars, yellow warblers, burrowing owls, ruby-topaz hummingbirds, eared and common ground doves, and bananaquits.

Least grebes breed in the IBA