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Site description (2012 baseline):
Site location and context
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.
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 16/01/2025.
