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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Many-coloured Fruit-dove Ptilinopus perousii	LC	breeding	1996	present	A2
Tongan Fruit-dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus	LC	breeding	1996	present	A2
Blue-crowned Lorikeet Vini australis	LC	breeding	1996	present	A2
Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus	LC	breeding	1996	present	A2
Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa	LC	breeding	1996	present	A2
Fiji Shrikebill Clytorhynchus vitiensis	LC	breeding	1996	present	A2
Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis	LC	breeding	1996	present	A2

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tofua	National Park	4,990	protected area contained by site	4,990
Kao	National Park	1,250	protected area contained by site	1,250

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical)	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools	-
Shrubland		-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Tofua and Kao. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.