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Site description (2012 baseline):
Site location and context
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 1 km around Fatu Huku to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of White-throated Storm-petrel based upon a 1975 population estimate of 5 individuals from Thibault, JC. and Bretagnolle, V. (2007) Atlas des oiseaux marins nicheurs de Polynesie Francaise et du Groupe Pitcain. Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie, convention no6-0052, 30/09/2007
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 1 km around Fatu Huku to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of White-throated Storm-petrel based upon a 1975 population estimate of 5 individuals from Thibault, JC. and Bretagnolle, V. (2007) Atlas des oiseaux marins nicheurs de Polynesie Francaise et du Groupe Pitcain. Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie, convention no6-0052, 30/09/2007
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fatu Huku Marine (French Polynesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fatu-huku-marine-iba-french-polynesia on 19/12/2024.
