Data Zone
Country/territory: Marshall Islands
IBA criteria met: A4i (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 1,614,910 ha
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2012 | favourable | low | negligible |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 70 km around Bikar Atoll to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 1967 population estimate of 156,000 individuals from Amerson, A.B. 1969. Ornithology of the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 127. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bikar Atoll Marine (Marshall Islands). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bikar-atoll-marine-iba-marshall-islands on 23/11/2024.