Data Zone
Country/territory: Kiribati
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4ii (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 56 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | very high | very unfavourable | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
McKean Island is a low and flat, circular-shaped, coral island surrounded by a fringing reef.
Key biodiversity
A seabird colony with good numbers of a range of species.During the 1960s McLean Island was one of the flagship islands of the Phoenix group, supporting diverse and important populations of seabirds
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: McKean Island. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 19/04/2019.
