Kauehi Marine


Site description (2012 baseline):

Site location and context
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

Key biodiversity
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.