Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2012
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda | LC | breeding | 2008 | 285 chicks | A4ii |
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel | LC | breeding | 2008 | 5,472 chicks | A4ii |
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus | LC | breeding | 2008 | 41,243 chicks | A4i |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | breeding | 2008 | 42,000 chicks | A4iii |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2018 | high | very unfavourable | medium |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | Population |
Accuracy of information | good |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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Threat Level 1 | Threat Level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Biological resource use | fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - intentional use: subsistence/sml scale | happening now | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | slow but significant deterioration | high |
Climate change and severe weather | habitat shifting and alteration | likely in short term (within 4 years) | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Human intrusions and disturbance | work and other activities | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
Invasive and other problematic species and genes | invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - unspecified species | past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting | whole area/population (>90%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
Condition of habitat (state) | ||||||
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Habitat | Habitat Detail | Reference Area (ha) | Actual Area (ha) | % of habitat remaining | % of carrying capacity (overall) | Result |
Forest | Beach and atoll forest | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | favourable |
Condition of key/trigger populations (state) | ||||||
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Scientific | Common | TargetPop | ActualPop | Units | Remaining | Result |
Phaethon rubricauda | Red-tailed Tropicbird | 285 | 371 | nests | 100 | favourable |
Fregata ariel | Lesser Frigatebird | 5509 | 1758 | nests | 32 | very unfavourable |
Onychoprion fuscatus | Sooty Tern | 41243 | 28665 | nests | 70 | near favourable |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation | A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive | Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity | medium |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Suwarrow | National Park | 160 | protected area contained by site | 160 |
Cook Islands Marine Park | Marine Park | 197,600,000 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Beach and atoll forest, Dry deciduous forest (tropical) | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Suwarrow Atoll National Park. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 27/06/2022.