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Europa


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda LC breeding (-) 3,000–4,000 breeding pairs A4ii
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus LC breeding (-) 500–1,000 breeding pairs A4ii
Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae EN breeding (-) present A1
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel LC breeding (-) 1,000–1,200 breeding pairs A4ii
Red-footed Booby Sula sula LC breeding (-) 2,800–3,800 breeding pairs A4ii
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus LC breeding (-) 500,000–1,000,000 breeding pairs A4i
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (2000) 510,000–1,000,000 breeding pairs A4iii

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1975 Europa Nature Reserve National Park (-) 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
military -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Europa (French Southern Territories). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/europa-iba-french-southern-territories on 11/01/2025.