Data Zone
Country/territory: United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA)
IBA criteria met: A4i, A4ii (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 2,853,357 hectares (28,533.57 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2012 | good | high | very low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 92.6 km around Johnston Atoll to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 2007 population estimate of 380,004 individuals from US Fish and Wildlife Service, Unpublished data in Flint, E. (2011) Unpublished excel table of seabird populations from US Minor Outlying Islands and Rose Atoll National Wildlife Monument, and to correspond with the boundary of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Johnston Atoll Marine (United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/johnston-atoll-marine-iba-united-states-minor-outlying-islands-(to-usa) on 27/12/2024.