Late Marine


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni LC breeding 2004 1,500 breeding pairs A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.



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 22/11/2024.