Taka Atoll Marine


Country/territory: Marshall Islands

IBA criteria met: A4i (2012)
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Area: 1,813,169 ha

IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2012 favourable medium negligible
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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 (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Taka Atoll Marine (Marshall Islands). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/taka-atoll-marine-iba-marshall-islands on 23/11/2024.