Morane Marine


Country/territory: French Polynesia

IBA criteria met: A1, A4ii (2012)
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Area: 233,796 ha

Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie (Manu)
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 25 km around Morane to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Murphy's Petrel based upon a 2012 population estimate of 1,127 breeding pairs, and Red-tailed Tropicbird based upon a 2012 population estimate of 172 breeding pairs from Cranwell, S. and Radford, L. (unpublished data)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Morane Marine (French Polynesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/morane-marine-iba-french-polynesia on 03/12/2024.