Makatea (French Polynesia) IBA | Details

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Makatea This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Polynesian Imperial-pigeon Ducula aurorae	EN	resident (-)	200–300 birds	A1, A2
Makatea Fruit-dove Ptilinopus chalcurus	VU	resident (-)	250-999 mature individuals	A1, A2
Tuamotu Reed-warbler Acrocephalus atyphus	LC	resident (-)	common	A2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	not assessed	very high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (<4 years)	whole of population/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	70	Dry deciduous forest (tropical)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	20
Artificial/Terrestrial	3	Coconut plantations
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)
Marine Neritic	minor (<10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Makatea (French Polynesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/makatea-iba-french-polynesia on 27/12/2024.