Data Zone
Country/territory: New Caledonia (to France)
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 3,949,658 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2012 | medium | favourable | negligible |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 75 km around Récifs Bampton et Chesterfield to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Red-footed Booby based upon a 2009 population estimate of 3530 - 3600 breeding pairs, Black Noddy based upon a 2009 population estimate of 20840 - 21500 breeding pairs, Brown Noddy based upon a 2009 population estimate of 21140 - 22800 breeding pairs, Lesser Frigatebird based upon a 2009 population estimate of 515 - 525 breeding pairs, Wedge-tailed Shearwater based upon a 2009 population estimate of 47200 - 63200 breeding pairs, Brown Booby based upon a 2009 population estimate of 1761 - 3751 breeding pairs from Borsa, P., Pandolfi, M, Andrefouet, S. and Bretagnolle, V. (2010) Breeding avifauna of the Chesterfield Islands, Coral Sea; current population sizes, trends, and threats. Pacific Science 64(2): 297-314; and Fairy Tern based upon a 2011 population estimate of 14 breeding pairs from Baudat-Franceschi, J. (2012) Update on seabirds' IBAs in New Caledonia. SCO, 05/11/2012.
Key biodiversity
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 75 km around Récifs Bampton et Chesterfield to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Red-footed Booby based upon a 2009 population estimate of 3530 - 3600 breeding pairs, Black Noddy based upon a 2009 population estimate of 20840 - 21500 breeding pairs, Brown Noddy based upon a 2009 population estimate of 21140 - 22800 breeding pairs, Lesser Frigatebird based upon a 2009 population estimate of 515 - 525 breeding pairs, Wedge-tailed Shearwater based upon a 2009 population estimate of 47200 - 63200 breeding pairs, Brown Booby based upon a 2009 population estimate of 1761 - 3751 breeding pairs from Borsa, P., Pandolfi, M, Andrefouet, S. and Bretagnolle, V. (2010) Breeding avifauna of the Chesterfield Islands, Coral Sea; current population sizes, trends, and threats. Pacific Science 64(2): 297-314; and Fairy Tern based upon a 2011 population estimate of 14 breeding pairs from Baudat-Franceschi, J. (2012) Update on seabirds' IBAs in New Caledonia. SCO, 05/11/2012.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Récifs Bampton et Chesterfield Marin. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 26/01/2021.
