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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2012

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Samoan Fruit-dove Ptilinopus fasciatus	LC	resident	1986	min 2,000 individuals	A2
Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata	NT	breeding	2002	1,000-2,499 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Blue-crowned Lorikeet Vini australis	LC	resident	1986	min 5,200 individuals	A2
Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus	LC	resident	1986	min 47,500 individuals	A2
Fiji Shrikebill Clytorhynchus vitiensis	LC	resident	1986	min 6,000 individuals	A2
Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis	LC	resident	1986	min 2,100 individuals	A2
Samoan Starling Aplonis atrifusca	LC	resident	1986	min 10,000 individuals	A2

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

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Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Not Reported	National Park	4,341	protected area overlaps with site	0
American Samoa	National Park	4,260	protected area contains site	2,160

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: National Park of American Samoa - Ta'u. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/31294 on 28/05/2023.