Data Zone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red-bellied Fruit-dove Ptilinopus greyi | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | present | A2 |
| Grey-eared Honeyeater Lichmera incana | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | present | A2 |
| New Caledonian Friarbird Philemon diemenensis | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | present | A2 |
| New Caledonian Myzomela Myzomela caledonica | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | present | A2 |
| Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | present | A2 |
| South Melanesian Cuckooshrike Coracina caledonica | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | present | A2 |
| Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | present | A2 |
| New Caledonia Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | present | A2 |
| Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | present | A2 |
| Large Lifou White-eye Zosterops inornatus | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | present | A2 |
| Small Lifou White-eye Zosterops minutus | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | present | A2 |
| Striated Starling Aplonis striata | LC | resident | 1999-2000 | 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: District de Wetr à Lifou (New Caledonia (to France)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/district-de-wetr-à-lifou-iba-new-caledonia-(to-france) on 23/11/2024.