Data Zone
Country/territory: United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA)
IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, A4ii (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 2,857,197 ha
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2012 | favourable | medium | negligible |
| 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 Palmyra Atoll to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 2007 population estimate of 380,004 individuals from Marine Conservation Biology Institute. (undated) Numbers of Seabirds Found on the Central Pacific Islands. Downloaded from http://mcbi.marine-conservation.org/what/what_pdfs/SeabirdsoftheCentralPacificIslands.pdf on 26/07/12, and to correspond with the boundary of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Palmyra Atoll Marine (United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/palmyra-atoll-marine-iba-united-states-minor-outlying-islands-(to-usa) on 23/11/2024.