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Site description (2012 baseline):
Site location and context
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Red-tailed Tropicbird based upon a 2012 population estimate of 172 breeding pairs from Cranwell, S. and Radford, L. (unpublished data)
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Red-tailed Tropicbird based upon a 2012 population estimate of 172 breeding pairs from Cranwell, S. and Radford, L. (unpublished data)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 05/12/2024.
