Review of the status of avifauna conservation - Kiritimate atoll, Kiribati

Abstract

Kiritimati Atoll's avifauna has regional and international significance. The Atoll provides nesting, roosting, feeding and migration sites for over 40 bird species, but it is 18 species of seabirds and their breeding numbers which are of particular significance. The main purpose of the assignment reported here is to review current avifauna conservation management on Kiritimati; assess, to the extent possible, the status of bird species and populations; and, in the context of the current issues and projects planned for Kiritimati, provide recommendations for immediate and future conservation management.