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Site description (2012 baseline):
Site location and context
This Marine IBA is identified using tracking data. It falls within the Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the Pacific, Eastern FAO ocean region. The site covers an area of 20133 km2 and is 462 km away from the closet coastline. The depth ranges from 1377 to 4650 m, with a mean annual wind speed of 2.13 m/s, mean annual sea surface temperature falls between 27.64 and 27.86 °C and mean annual chlorophyll-a concentrations found to range between 0.12 and 0.21 mg/m3.
1 species triggers IBA criteria at this Marine IBA. BirdLife analyses of tracking data estimates that 668-859 individuals of Gould's Petrel (VU) from Cabbage Tree Island are present at the site during the Non-breeding (May-Aug) life-history stage.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pacific, Eastern Central 13 - Marine (Kiribati). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pacific-eastern-central-13--marine-iba-kiribati on 22/12/2024.
