Data Zone
Country/territory: French Polynesia
IBA criteria met: A4ii (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 1,651 ha
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2012 | good | low | very low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
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 (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maria Marine (French Polynesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maria-marine-iba-french-polynesia on 05/12/2024.