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The site was identified as important in 2001 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	non-breeding	1995-1996	uncommon	A1
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	1981-1985	3,500-4,000 individuals	A4ii
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	LC	breeding	1981-1995	1,132 breeding pairs	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1988	Tubbataha Reefs	National Marine Park	100
1993	Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100
1999	Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
2010	Tubbataha Reef	Natural Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park (Philippines). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tubbataha-reef-national-marine-park-iba-philippines on 23/11/2024.