Central Mangrove Wetland

The Central Manrove Wetland is a large area of mangrove dominated wetland on Grand Cayman, one of the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea.

The vegetation consists mainly of red, white and black mangroves, and buttonwood.

[1] There are also areas of seasonally open water as well as scattered islets carrying native dry forest vegetation.

The IBA includes the saline lake of Malportas Pond which is separated from the mangrove area and a major site for both resident and wintering waterbirds.

[1] The IBA was identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of West Indian whistling ducks (with 1500 individuals), least terns (with 55 breeding pairs), white-crowned pigeons and Cuban amazons.

Map of Grand Cayman showing the Central Mangrove Wetland
Map of Grand Cayman showing the locations of (left to right) the IBA sites of Booby Cay, Meagre Bay Pond, Pease Bay and Malportas Pond