Récifs Bampton et Chesterfield Marin (New Caledonia (to France))

Récifs Bampton et Chesterfield Marin

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2012 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
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica	LC	breeding	2009	47,200-63,200 breeding pairs	A4ii
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	LC	breeding	2009	515-525 breeding pairs	A4ii
Red-footed Booby Sula sula	LC	breeding	2009	3,530-3,600 breeding pairs	A4ii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	2009	1,761-3,751 breeding pairs	A4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding	2009	21,140-22,800 breeding pairs	A4i
Black Noddy Anous minutus	LC	breeding	2009	20,840-21,500 breeding pairs	A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	breeding	2011	14 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

IBA Conservation

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

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2012	favourable	medium	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Neritic	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2014	Natural Park of the Coral Sea	Parc Naturel	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Récifs Bampton et Chesterfield Marin (New Caledonia (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/récifs-bampton-et-chesterfield-marin-iba-new-caledonia-(to-france) on 23/11/2024.