Data Zone
Country/territory: Kiribati
IBA Criteria met: A1, A2, A4i, A4ii, A4iii (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 54,051 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | high | not assessed | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
Kiritimati is the largest of the Line Islands, and by total land area is the largest atoll in the world. This ancient atoll consists of a large, flat, island with a shallow tidal lagoon opening to the northwest. At the inner (eastern) end of the lagoon there are several hundred smaller, land-locked, lagoons.
Key biodiversity
The island supports globally-important populations of a number of seabirds, and is also home to the endemic, restricted-range Kiritimati Reed-warbler
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kiritimati (Christmas Island). Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 18/06/2019.
