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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
Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis	NT	breeding	2007	300 individuals	A1, A2, A4i
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda	LC	breeding	2007	350 nests	A4ii
Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis	NT	breeding	2007	400 individuals	A1
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica	LC	breeding	2007	8,000-15,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Red-footed Booby Sula sula	LC	breeding	2007	2,536 nests	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2007	11,200-18,200 breeding pairs	A4iii

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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)
Kilauea Point	National Wildlife Refuge	76	protected area overlaps with site	78
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale	National Marine Sanctuary	355,497	protected area overlaps with site	0

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

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

Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge is owned and managed entirely by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/29622 on 11/06/2023.