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Site description (2012 baseline):
Site location and context
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 70 km around Rose Atoll to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 1974 population estimate of 404,050 individuals from Amerson, A. B., Whistler, A. and T. D. Schawaner (1982) Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat of American Samoa. II. Accounts of Flora and Fauna. Washington, D.C. US Fish and Wildlife Service.
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 70 km around Rose Atoll to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 1974 population estimate of 404,050 individuals from Amerson, A. B., Whistler, A. and T. D. Schawaner (1982) Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat of American Samoa. II. Accounts of Flora and Fauna. Washington, D.C. US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rose Atoll Marine (American Samoa). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rose-atoll-marine-iba-american-samoa on 27/12/2024.
