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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Micronesian Imperial-pigeon Ducula oceanica	VU	resident	-	present	A1, A2
Kosrae Fruit-dove Ptilinopus hernsheimi	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Caroline Swiftlet Aerodramus inquietus	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Micronesian Myzomela Myzomela rubratra	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Kosrae White-eye Zosterops cinereus	LC	resident	-	present	A2
Micronesian Starling Aplonis opaca	LC	resident	-	present	A2

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
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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)
Yela-Okat Terminalia Swamp/Mangrove Forest	Reserve	580	protected area contained by site	580

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yela River Watershed. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/24535 on 29/05/2023.