North Keeling Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands (to Australia))

North Keeling Island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	LC	resident	2003	3,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Red-footed Booby Sula sula	LC	resident	2003	30,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	resident	1982	15,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	-	-	10,000 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Pulu Keeling	National Park (Commonwealth)	100
1996	Pulu Keeling National Park	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical)	40
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		25
Marine Intertidal		25
Grassland	Secondary grassland	5
Shrubland	Secondary scrub	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Australian Federal Government with management the responsibility of Parks Australia.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North Keeling Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands (to Australia)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-keeling-island-iba-cocos-(keeling)-islands-(to-australia) on 23/11/2024.