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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda	LC	resident	1992-2007	389-450 breeding pairs	A4ii
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica	LC	resident	2001-2003	9,500-19,500 breeding pairs	A4ii
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	LC	resident	1992-2007	1,000-2,150 breeding pairs	A4ii
Red-footed Booby Sula sula	LC	resident	1992-2007	3,364-3,940 breeding pairs	A4ii
Black Noddy Anous minutus	LC	resident	1992-2007	10,000-22,000 breeding pairs	A4i

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	storms and floods	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Coringa-Herald	National Nature Reserve	885,261	protected area contains site	124
Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays)	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,728,920	protected area overlaps with site	0
Coral Sea	Commonwealth Marine Reserve	98,983,606	protected area contains site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Other forests & woodlands	-
Shrubland	Other shrublands	-
Marine Intertidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Coringa-Herald Reefs. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/23977 on 09/06/2023.