Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Sighting evidence at The Maze, Sint Maarten / Saint-Martin
Photo: Kevin Bryant · CC BY-NC-SA
Hawksbill turtles navigate The Maze's coral corridors with ease, squeezing through passages barely wider than their shells to reach sponge-rich feeding grounds deeper in the complex. Their narrow pointed beaks are perfectly adapted for extracting sponges from tight crevices, and several individuals are known to local divemasters by their shell markings.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Hawksbill Sea Turtle is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.