Data Zone
Country/territory: French Polynesia
IBA Justification: A4ii (2012)
Area: 1,651 hectares (16.51 km2)
BirdLife Partner(s): Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie (Manu)
| Conservation status of the Important Bird Area (IBA) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2012 | favourable | low | very low |
Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 1 km around Maria to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Red-tailed Tropicbird based upon a 2003 population estimate of 442 individuals from Pierce, R., Raust, P. and Wragg, G. (2003) Report on an avifauna survey of atolls in the Tuamotu and Austral archipelagos, French Polynesia. Wildliand Consultants, New Zealand.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maria Marine (French Polynesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maria-marine-iba-french-polynesia on 08/01/2025.