Data Zone
Country/territory: French Polynesia
IBA criteria met: A4i (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 2,047,560 hectares (20,475.60 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2012 | good | low | very low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
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 27/12/2024.