Data Zone
Country/territory: French Polynesia
IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, A4ii (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 2,721,483 hectares (27,214.83 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2012 | good | medium | very low |
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Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 70 km around Marquesas to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 2008 population estimate of 84,000 breeding pairs from Faulquier, L., Pascal, M. and Chapuis, J-L. (2009) Compte-rendu de l'operation d'eradication du rat du pacifique (Rattus exulans) de l'ilot Teuaua (Ua Huka, Marquises). Programme BirdLife International, Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie MANU, 22pgs; IBA threshold numbers of waterbirds based upon a 2007 population estimate of 500,000 individuals from Raust, P. and Sanford, G. (2007) Zones importantes pour la conservation des oiseaux en Polynesie francaise. Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie - MANU et BirdLife International. Papeete, Polynesie francaise, 156pgs; high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Audubon's Shearwater based upon a 1998 population estimate of 1000 - 2000 breeding pairs from cited in Thibault, JC. and Bretagnolle, V. (2007) Atlas des oiseaux marins nicheurs de Polynesie Francaise et du Groupe Pitcain. Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie, convention no6-0052, 30/09/2007; Herald Petrel based upon a 1975 population estimate of 800 - 1,200 breeding pairs from Holyoak, D.T. and Thibault, JC. (1984) Contribution a l'etude des oiseaux de Polynesie orientale. Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris, 129: 1-209; Phoenix Petrel based upon a 1989 population estimate of 32 - 62 breeding pairs from Thibault, JC. and Bretagnolle, V. (2007) Atlas des oiseaux marins nicheurs de Polynesie Francaise et du Groupe Pitcain. Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie, convention no6-0052, 30/09/2007; and White-throated Storm-petrel based upon a 1990 population estimate of 2 individuals from Roland, and Seite, J. (1990) Causes de disparition des oiseaux terrestres de polynesie francaise. 92pgs.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marquesas Marin (French Polynesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marquesas-marin-iba-french-polynesia on 23/12/2024.