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Site description (2012 baseline):
Site location and context
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 6 km around Marotiri to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Blue Noddy based upon a 1990 population estimate of 260 - 710 breeding pairs, and high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of White-throated Storm-petrel based upon a 1990 population estimate of 35 - 198 breeding pairs from Thibault, JC. and Varney, A. (1991) Breeding seabirds of Rapa (Polynesia): numbers and changes during the 20th century. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, 111(2): 70-77.
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 6 km around Marotiri to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Blue Noddy based upon a 1990 population estimate of 260 - 710 breeding pairs, and high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of White-throated Storm-petrel based upon a 1990 population estimate of 35 - 198 breeding pairs from Thibault, JC. and Varney, A. (1991) Breeding seabirds of Rapa (Polynesia): numbers and changes during the 20th century. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, 111(2): 70-77.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marotiri Marine (French Polynesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marotiri-marine-iba-french-polynesia on 23/11/2024.
