BirdLife Data Zone

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James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai	VU	breeding	2000	295 individuals	A1, A2, A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1994	276 individuals	A4i
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis	NT	passage	2007-2011	53-67 individuals	A1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)	State (condition)	Pressure (threat)	Response (action)
2012	not assessed	not assessed	medium
Was the whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge 1	National Wildlife Refuge	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
James Campbell	National Wildlife Refuge	445	is identical to site	445
James Campbell	National Wildlife Refuge	423	protected area contains site	0

Land use

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

Land ownership

All of the land comprising James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge is owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/james-campbell-national-wildlife-refuge-iba-usa on 04/12/2023.