Lac Bay
{{short description|Bay on Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean}}
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Lac Bay is a shallow bay on the south-eastern coast of the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. It has a fringing reef at its mouth and contains about 100 ha of mangroves as well as a small harbour for fishing vessels. Its seagrass beds are used by sea turtles. It has been designated a Ramsar site as a wetland of international importance. {{cite web |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lac-bay-bonaire-iba-bonaire-sint-eustatius-and-saba-(to-netherlands) |title=Lac Bay |author= |date=2007 |website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 12 October 2020|quote=}}
Birds
The bay has been identified by BirdLife International as a 2,076 ha Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of threatened or restricted-range bird species, including bare-eyed pigeons, yellow-shouldered amazons and Caribbean elaenias. In the past it has supported breeding tricoloured herons, reddish and snowy egrets and probably yellow-crowned night-herons. It is also the site of a night roost of magnificent frigatebirds, as well as providing feeding habitat for migratory waders.
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Category:Important Bird Areas of the Dutch Caribbean
Category:Protected areas of Bonaire
Category:Ramsar sites in the Netherlands
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