Data Zone
Country/territory: New Zealand
IBA criteria met: A1 (2014)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 989 hectares (9.89 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2014 | not assessed | high | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Key biodiversity
IBA Trigger species: Black-billed Gull, NZ Dotterel, Wrybill, Australasian Bittern
Other species: Besides the trigger species the following are confirmed or likely to be breeding or resident: Black Shag, Little Black Shag, Pied Shag, Little Shag, White-faced Heron, White Heron, Reef Heron, Royal Spoonbill, Para-dise Shelduck, (Grey Duck), Grey Teal, NZ Shoveler, Australasian Harrier, Banded Rail, Spotless Crake, Pukeko, South Island Pied Oystercatcher, Variable Oystercatcher, Pied Stilt, Banded Dotterel, Black-fronted Dotterel, Spur-winged Plover, South-ern Black-backed Gull, Red-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, White-fronted Tern, Shining Cuckoo, NZ Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, North Island Fernbird, Grey Warbler, North Island Fantail, Silvereye, Black Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, Californi-an Quail, Rock Pigeon, Spotted Dove, Skylark, Hedge Sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Green-finch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Starling, Common Myna, Australian Magpie.
Other species recorded: Cattle Egret, Chestnut-breasted Shelduck, Pacific Golden Plover, American Golden Plover, Mongoli-an Dotterel, Turnstone, Grey Plover, Great Sand Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Marsh Sanpiper, Sanderling, Great Knot, Red-necked Stint, Red (Lesser) Knot, Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit, Far-eastern Cur-lew, Asiatic Whimbrel, Arctic Skua, Little Tern.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maketu (New Zealand). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maketu-iba-new-zealand on 22/12/2024.