Data Zone
Country/territory: Fiji
IBA Criteria met: A1, A2 (2006)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 17,600 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2018 | high | near favourable | medium |
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Key biodiversity
This IBA supports seven of the nine subspecies endemic to Vanua Levu. The peninsula is also ornithologically unusual in having no Giant Forest Honeyeaters or Blue-crested Broadbills which are otherwise widespread across Vanua Levu and Taveuni.
A1 Globally threatened species
* Friendly Ground-dove (VU) – often seen
* Silktail (NT) – a high proportion of the Natewa/Tunuloa subspecies L. v. kleinschmidti
A2 Restricted-range species
21 species (out of 21 on Natewa peninsula and 24 on Vanua Levu), including all three endemic to Vanua Levu and Taveuni.
Non-bird biodiversity: There have been no systematic surveys of any biodiversity groups except for birds in the IBA.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Natewa/Tunuloa Peninsula. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 03/08/2020.
