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Site description (2012 baseline):
Site location and context
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 25 km around Île Nemou to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Tahiti Petrel based upon a 2012 population estimate of 50 - 249 individuals from Baudat-Franceschi, J. (2012) Preliminary update on seabirds' IBAs in New Caledonia. Societe Caledonienne d'Ornithologie, 28/09/2012; a seaward extension of 25 km around Dent de Saint-Vincent to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Gould's Petrel based upon a 2007 population estimate of 4,000 - 8,000 breeding pairs from Spaggiari, J., Chartendrault, V. and Barre, N. (2007) Zones importantes pour la conservation des oiseaux de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Societe caledonienne d'ornitholoie - SCO et BirdLife International. Noumea, Nouvelle-Caledonie. 216pp; and a seaward extension of 25 km around Massifs du Grand Sud - entre le mont Humboldt et la rivière Bleue to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Gould's Petrel based upon a 2004 population estimate of 1,000 - 10,000 breeding pairs from Brooke, M. (2004) Albatrossess and Petrels across the World. Oxford University Press, New York.
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 25 km around Île Nemou to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Tahiti Petrel based upon a 2012 population estimate of 50 - 249 individuals from Baudat-Franceschi, J. (2012) Preliminary update on seabirds' IBAs in New Caledonia. Societe Caledonienne d'Ornithologie, 28/09/2012; a seaward extension of 25 km around Dent de Saint-Vincent to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Gould's Petrel based upon a 2007 population estimate of 4,000 - 8,000 breeding pairs from Spaggiari, J., Chartendrault, V. and Barre, N. (2007) Zones importantes pour la conservation des oiseaux de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Societe caledonienne d'ornitholoie - SCO et BirdLife International. Noumea, Nouvelle-Caledonie. 216pp; and a seaward extension of 25 km around Massifs du Grand Sud - entre le mont Humboldt et la rivière Bleue to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Gould's Petrel based upon a 2004 population estimate of 1,000 - 10,000 breeding pairs from Brooke, M. (2004) Albatrossess and Petrels across the World. Oxford University Press, New York.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Grand Sud Marin (New Caledonia (to France)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/grand-sud-marin-iba-new-caledonia-(to-france) on 23/11/2024.
