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Site description (2012 baseline):
Site location and context
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 70 km around Guguan Island to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 1988 population estimate of 40,273 individuals from Reichel, J. and Glass, P. (1991) Checklist of the birds of the Mariana Islands. 'Elapiao, 5(1): 3-11.
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 70 km around Guguan Island to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 1988 population estimate of 40,273 individuals from Reichel, J. and Glass, P. (1991) Checklist of the birds of the Mariana Islands. 'Elapiao, 5(1): 3-11.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Guguan Island Marine (Northern Mariana Islands (to USA)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/guguan-island-marine-iba-northern-mariana-islands-(to-usa) on 27/12/2024.
