Sarigan Island (Northern Mariana Islands (to USA)) IBA | Details

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Sarigan Island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Micronesian Scrubfowl Megapodius laperouse	NT	resident (-)	present	A1, A2
White-throated Ground Dove Pampusana xanthonura	NT	resident (-)	present	A1, A2
Micronesian Myzomela Myzomela rubratra	LC	resident (-)	present	A2
Micronesian Starling Aplonis opaca	LC	resident (-)	present	A2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1958	Sarigan	Strict Nature Reserve (Ia)	85

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sarigan Island (Northern Mariana Islands (to USA)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sarigan-island-iba-northern-mariana-islands-(to-usa) on 24/12/2024.