Nord-ouest de Nuku Hiva (French Polynesia) IBA | Details

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Nord-ouest de Nuku Hiva

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Nuku Hiva Imperial Pigeon Ducula galeata	EN	resident (-)	150–170 birds	A1, A2
White-capped Fruit-dove Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii	LC	resident (-)	common	A2
Polynesian Swiftlet Aerodramus leucophaeus	LC	resident (-)	present	A2
Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata	NT	breeding (-)	present	A1
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis	NT	non-breeding (-)	< 50 birds	A1
Northern Marquesan Reed-warbler Acrocephalus percernis	LC	resident (-)	common	A2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	40	Dry deciduous forest (tropical); Dry evergreen forest (tropical); Lower montane rain forest (tropical); Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical)
Shrubland	30
Savanna	10

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nord-ouest de Nuku Hiva (French Polynesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nord-ouest-de-nuku-hiva-iba-french-polynesia on 23/12/2024.