Data Zone
Country/territory: Papua New Guinea
IBA Criteria met: A4i (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 2,027,350 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2012 | low | favourable | negligible |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 80 km around Tench to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Brown Noddy based upon a 1973 population estimate of 80,000 individuals, and Black Noddy based upon a 1973 population estimate of 20,000 individuals from Silva, K. (1973) Observations. PNG Bird Society Newsletter, 89: 2-3.
Key biodiversity
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 80 km around Tench to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Brown Noddy based upon a 1973 population estimate of 80,000 individuals, and Black Noddy based upon a 1973 population estimate of 20,000 individuals from Silva, K. (1973) Observations. PNG Bird Society Newsletter, 89: 2-3.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Tench Marine. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 21/07/2019.
