Big Foot Island


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC breeding (-) present A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus LC resident (-) present A4i


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Big Foot Island (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/big-foot-island-iba-usa on 25/12/2024.