Data Zone
Country/territory: Kiribati
IBA criteria met: A4i (2012)
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Area: 1,132 ha
Site description (baseline)
Abariringa Island forms a single strip of land surrounding a lagoon, broken only by one passage. It is the largest of the Phoenix Islands and the only one that is, currently, inhabited.
Key biodiversity
The island is a seabird breeding island.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Abariranga (Canton) Island. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/27453 on 04/06/2023.
