Data Zone
Country/territory: Kiribati
IBA criteria met: A4i (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 1,689,674 hectares (16,896.74 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2012 | good | medium | very low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 70 km around Starbuck Island to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 1974 population estimate of 1,500,000 breeding pairs from Garnett, M. (1983) A management plan for nature conservation in the Line and Phoenix Islands. Part 2 Policy
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Starbuck Island Marine (Kiribati). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/starbuck-island-marine-iba-kiribati on 27/12/2024.