Data Zone
Country/territory: Papua New Guinea
IBA Justification: A1, A4ii (2012)
Area: 522,111 hectares (5,221.11 km2)
| Conservation status of the Important Bird Area (IBA) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2012 | favourable | high | very low |
Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a precautionary seaward extension of 25 km around at sea sightings of Beck's Petrel yielding a population estimate of <50 individuals from Shirihai, H. (2008a) Rediscovery of Beck’s Petrel Pseudobulweria becki, and other oservations of tubenoses from the Bismarck archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’Club 128: 3-16; Shirihai, H. (2008b) Tubenoses at the Bismarck Archipelago: Surveying at sea populations of the Beck’s Petrel; in search of the Fiji-like Petrel Expedition # 3. Unpublished report, August 2008.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bismarck Sea (Papua New Guinea). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bismarck-sea-iba-papua-new-guinea on 08/01/2025.