Taka Atoll Marine


Country/territory: Marshall Islands
IBA Justification: A4i (2012)

Area: 1,813,169 hectares (18,131.69 km2)

Conservation status of the Important Bird Area (IBA)
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2012 favourable medium very low


Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 70 km around Taka Atoll to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 1967 population estimate of 222,000 individuals from Amerson, A.B. 1969. Ornithology of the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 127. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Taka Atoll Marine (Marshall Islands). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/taka-atoll-marine-iba-marshall-islands on 15/01/2025.