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The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-capped Fruit-dove Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii	LC	resident	-	rare	A2
Polynesian Swiftlet Aerodramus leucophaeus	LC	resident	-	rare	A2
Gygis alba	NR	breeding	-	min 1,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Marquesas Monarch Pomarea mendozae	EN	resident	2004	80-125 breeding pairs	A1, A2
Southern Marquesan Reed-warbler Acrocephalus mendanae	LC	resident	-	rare	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	8,000	8,000	individuals	100	not assessed
Little White Tern Gygis microrhyncha	1,000	1,000	breeding pairs	100	not assessed
Marquesas Monarch Pomarea mendozae	102	102	breeding pairs	100	not assessed

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1971	Mohotani Reserve Integrale	Natural Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Dry deciduous forest (tropical), Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical)	35
Savanna		25
Shrubland		20
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Motane (Mohotani) (French Polynesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/motane-(mohotani)-iba-french-polynesia on 22/11/2024.