Data Zone
Country/territory: Papua New Guinea
IBA criteria met: -
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 39,307 ha
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | Threat (pressure) | Condition (state) | Action (response) |
| 2012 | high | favourable | negligible |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 15 km around Crown Prince Range to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Heinroth's Shearwater based upon a 1979 minimum population estimate of 2 individuals from Hadden, D. (2004) Birds and bird lore of Bougainville and the North Solomons. Dove Publications, Australia.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bougainville Marine. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/31343 on 28/05/2023.
