Kauehi Marine


Country/territory: French Polynesia

IBA criteria met: A4i (2012)
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Area: 2,047,560 ha

Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie (Manu)
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2012 favourable low negligible
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Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 70 km around Kauehi to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 2008 population estimate of 53,257 breeding pairs from Faulquier, L., Kape, J. and Lagouy, E. (2008) Inventaire de ;'avifaune des atolls de Kauehi et Aratika (Archipel des Tuamotu). Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie MANU. 24pgs


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kauehi Marine (French Polynesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kauehi-marine-iba-french-polynesia on 23/11/2024.