Hatuta'a (French Polynesia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Hatuta'a

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Marquesas Ground Dove Pampusana rubescens	EN	resident	-	1,000 individuals	A1, A2
Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba	VU	breeding	2007	100 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Northern Marquesan Reed-warbler Acrocephalus percernis	LC	resident	-	50-200 individuals	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2015) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2015	very unfavourable	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Marquesas Ground Dove Pampusana rubescens	1,000	200	individuals	20	very unfavourable
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor	150	1,000	nests	100	not assessed
Acrocephalus mendanae	50	15	individuals	30	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1971	Hatutu Island Reserve Integrale	Strict Nature Reserve	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)
Forest	Dry deciduous forest (tropical)	-
Savanna		-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hatuta'a (French Polynesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hatutaa-iba-french-polynesia on 23/11/2024.