NC028
Bwa Opana


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus EN resident - present A1, A2
New Caledonian Imperial-pigeon Ducula goliath NT resident - present A2
Cloven-feathered Dove Drepanoptila holosericea LC resident - present A2
Horned Parakeet Eunymphicus cornutus VU resident - present A2
Grey-eared Honeyeater Lichmera incana LC resident - present A2
New Caledonian Friarbird Philemon diemenensis LC resident - present A2
New Caledonian Myzomela Myzomela caledonica LC resident - present A2
Barred Honeyeater Gliciphila undulata LC resident - present A2
Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis LC resident - present A2
New Caledonian Whistler Pachycephala caledonica LC resident - present A2
South Melanesian Cuckooshrike Coracina caledonica LC resident - present A2
Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga LC resident - present A2
New Caledonia Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi LC resident - present A2
Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica LC resident - present A2
Southern Shrikebill Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides LC resident - present A2
New Caledonian Crow Corvus moneduloides LC resident - present A2
Yellow-bellied Robin Cryptomicroeca flaviventris LC resident - present A2
New Caledonian Thicketbird Cincloramphus mariae LC resident - present A2
Green-backed White-eye Zosterops xanthochroa LC resident - present A2
Striated Starling Aplonis striata LC resident - present A2
Red-throated Parrotfinch Erythrura psittacea LC resident - present A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.



Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bwa Opana (New Caledonia (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bwa-opana-iba-new-caledonia-(to-france) on 22/11/2024.