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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 Vallée de Avera to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Tahiti Petrel based upon a 2007 population estimate of 10 breeding pairs from Raust, P. and Sanford, G. (2007) Zones importantes pour la conservation des oiseaux en Polynesie francaise. Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie - MANU et BirdLife International. Papeete, Polynesie francaise, 156pgs.
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 25 km around Vallée de Avera to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Tahiti Petrel based upon a 2007 population estimate of 10 breeding pairs from Raust, P. and Sanford, G. (2007) Zones importantes pour la conservation des oiseaux en Polynesie francaise. Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie - MANU et BirdLife International. Papeete, Polynesie francaise, 156pgs.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Raiatea Marine (French Polynesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/raiatea-marine-iba-french-polynesia on 23/11/2024.
