Île Tintamarre, also known as Flat Island, is a small

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

with an area of approximately . It is located in the

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, about from the island of Saint Martin, and is administered as part of the French

overseas collectivity The French overseas collectivities ( abbreviated as COM) are first-order administrative divisions of France, like the French regions, but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former French overseas colonies and other French ...

of Saint Martin. Compagnie Aerienne Antillaise
Jerry Casius, ''AAHS Journal'', 50, #1 (Spring 2005). Accessed on line January 18, 2014. The island has no human occupants, but has been inhabited in the past. Between 1946 and 1950, it was the base for a former airline, Compagnie Aérienne Antillaise, which flew planes from the island's airstrip.p. 90, ''Adventure Guide to St. Martin & St. Barts'', Lynne M. Sullivan, Hunter Publishing, Inc., 2003, .Tintamarre Island
Andrew MacDonald. Accessed on line January 9, 2008.

Important Bird Area

A 665 ha area, encompassing the island and its surrounding waters, has been recognised as an

Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...

(IBA) by

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because it supports populations of green-throated caribs, Antillean crested hummingbirds, Caribbean elaenias, pearly-eyed thrashers and Lesser Antillean bullfinches, as well as

seabird Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adaptation, adapted to life within the marine ecosystem, marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent ...

breeding

colonies A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule, which rules the territory and its indigenous peoples separated from the foreign rulers, the colonizer, and their '' metropole'' (or "mother country"). This separated rule was often or ...

of red-billed tropicbirds and brown noddies.

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