McKean Island Marine


Country/territory: Kiribati

IBA criteria met: A1, A4ii (2012)
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Area: 4,556,496 hectares (45,564.96 km2)

IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2012 good medium very low
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Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 120 km around McKean Island to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Lesser Frigatebird based upon a 2009 population estimate of 3,000 individuals from Conservation International (2011) Atoll restoration in the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati: survey results November - December 2009. Biodiversity conservation lessons learned technical series 7. Conservation International Pacific Islands Program, Samoa.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: McKean Island Marine (Kiribati). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mckean-island-marine-iba-kiribati on 23/12/2024.