Late Marine


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni LC breeding (2004) 1,500 pairs A4ii


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Late Marine (Tonga). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/late-marine-iba-tonga on 23/12/2024.