Native name: Battowia | |||||||||||||
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  Battowia Island  Battowia Island  Battowia Island | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Caribbean | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°57′45″N61°07′50″W / 12.96250°N 61.13056°W /12.96250; -61.13056 (Battowia) | ||||||||||||
| Archipelago | Grenadines | ||||||||||||
| Highest elevation | 427 ft (130.1 m)[1] | ||||||||||||
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Battowia orBettowia is one of theGrenadine islands which lie between the Caribbean islands ofSaint Vincent andGrenada.[2][3] Politically, it is part of the nation ofSaint Vincent and the Grenadines. It has been declared a Wildlife Reserve.[4]
Battowia is locally known as "Bird Island" as it is a roosting and nesting site for a variety of seabirds, includingfrigatebirds,gulls,boobies,brown pelicans,brown noddies andsooty terns. The island has been designated anImportant Bird Area (IBA) byBirdLife International because it is a key roosting and nesting site forseabirds.[5] Land birds includetropical mockingbirds,eared doves andAntillean crested hummingbirds.[6]
Other inhabitants aregoats and the rareBarbour's tropical racer.[7]
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