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The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	LC	breeding	1992-2002	750-2,550 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
military	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pulau Layang-Layang (Malaysia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pulau-layang-layang-iba-malaysia on 23/11/2024.