Data Zone
Country/territory: French Polynesia
IBA Justification: A1, A4i, A4ii (2012)
Area: 266,177 hectares (2,661.77 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 | not assessed | very low |
Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 1 km around Rapa to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Red-tailed Tropicbird based upon a 1990 population estimate of 250 - 999 breeding pairs from Thibault, JC. and Varney, A. (1991) Breeding seabirds of Rapa (Polynesia): numbers and changes during the 20th century. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, 111(2): 70-77.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rapa Marine (French Polynesia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rapa-marine-iba-french-polynesia on 08/01/2025.