Malportas Pond is a salt-water pond on the north coast of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, near North Side village.[1] It has an area of 44 hectares (110 acres)[2] or 52 hectares (130 acres),[3] and like the nearby Rock and Point ponds, it is an important area for breeding waterfowl.[3] Local farmer Willie Ebanks introduced West Indian whistling-ducks on the pond in 1990, and it also has populations of heron, egrets, moorhens, and coots.[4] It forms part of the Central Mangrove Wetland Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of waterbirds.[5]
| Malportas Pond | |
|---|---|
  Malportas Pond | |
| Location | Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| Coordinates | 19°20′41″N 81°12′10″W / 19.34472°N 81.20278°W |
| Type | salt lake |
References
edit- ^ Rigby, J. Keith; Roberts, Harry H. (1976). Grand Cayman Island: geology, sediments, and marine communities. Brigham Young University, Dept. of Geology. p. 13.
- ^ Wege, David C.; Anadón-Irizarry, Verónica; Vincenty, Mayra (January 2008). Important bird areas in the Caribbean: key sites for conservation. BirdLife International. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-946888-65-8.
- ^ a b Scott, Derek A.; Carbonell, Montserrat (1986). A directory of neotropical wetlands. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. pp. 477–8. ISBN 9782880325046.
- ^ Hayne, Tricia (2008). Cayman Islands: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-84162-214-9.
- ^ "Central Mangrove Wetland". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
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