Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2012 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2012).
IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2012
favourable
medium
low
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
yes
habitat
poor
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)
Uracas Island
Preserve
209
protected area overlaps with site
0
Maug Island
Preserve
211
protected area overlaps with site
0
Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
Marine National Monument
24,660,830
protected area contains site
1,585,558
Marianas Trench
Marine National Monument
77,705
protected area overlaps with site
0
Marianas Trench
Marine National Monument
24,851,700
protected area contains site
0
Mariana Arc Of Fire
National Wildlife Refuge
22,257
protected area overlaps with site
0
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Uracus Marine. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/uracus-marine-iba-northern-mariana-islands-(to-usa) on 30/09/2023.