Data Zone
Country/territory: French Polynesia
IBA Justification: A1, A4ii (2012)
Area: 233,796 hectares (2,337.96 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 | medium | very low |
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Red-tailed Tropicbird based upon a 2012 population estimate of 172 breeding pairs from Cranwell, S. and Radford, L. (unpublished data)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 (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Morane Marine (French Polynesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/morane-marine-iba-french-polynesia on 08/01/2025.