Key Biodiversity Areas

Tsukuejima islets - Marine (49061)
Japan, Asia

Site overview

KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2016
National site name: Tsukuejima islets - Marine
Central coordinates: Latitude: 33.6728, Longitude: 130.2183
System: marine
Area of KBA (km2): 261.82962
Protected area coverage (%): 43.65
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes

Site details

Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas)
Delineation rationale: The very large 2012 marine IBA 'Kyushu seas (north and west)' [misleadingly named as 'Eboshijima islet - Marine', in the initial years after 2012] (SitRecID 30666) has been split into four marine IBAs in 2016: Okinoshima and Koyajima islands - Marine (SitRecID 49060), Tsukuejima islets - Marine (49061), Eboshijima islet - Marine (SitRecID 49080) and Ariake Bay – Marine (49062).

Habitats

IUCN HabitatCoverage %Habitat detail
Marine Neritic100