Futuna Marine


Country/territory: Wallis and Futuna Islands (to France)
IBA Justification: A4ii (2012)

Area: 572,082 hectares (5,720.82 km2)

Conservation status of the Important Bird Area (IBA)
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2012 favourable high very low


Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 40 km around Alofi to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Red-footed Booby based upon a population estimate of 2,500 - 9,999 individuals, and a seaward extension of 7 km around Futuna to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Common White Tern based upon a population estimate of 1,000 - 2,499 breeding pairs from Thibault, J-C. and Guyot, I. (1987) Notes on the seabirds of Wallis and Futuna Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, 107(2): 63-68.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Futuna Marine (Wallis and Futuna Islands (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/futuna-marine-iba-wallis-and-futuna-islands-(to-france) on 19/01/2025.