Current view: Text account
Site description (2012 baseline):
Site location and context
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 70 km around Fonualei to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 1980 population estimate of 100,000 individuals from Jenkins, J.A.F. (1980) Seabird records from Tonga - an account based on the literature and recent observations. Nortornis, 27(3): 205-234.
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 70 km around Fonualei to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 1980 population estimate of 100,000 individuals from Jenkins, J.A.F. (1980) Seabird records from Tonga - an account based on the literature and recent observations. Nortornis, 27(3): 205-234.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fonualei Marine (Tonga). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fonualei-marine-iba-tonga on 27/12/2024.
