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The site was identified as important in 2009 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai	NT	breeding	2000	295 individuals	A1, A2, A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1994	276 individuals	A4i
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis	NT	passage	2007-2011	53-67 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	James Campbell	National Wildlife Refuge	100
-	James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge 1	National Wildlife Refuge	-
1976	James Campbell	National Wildlife Refuge	100

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

All of the land comprising James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge is owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/james-campbell-national-wildlife-refuge-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.