Tahanea (French Polynesia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Tahanea

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Atoll Fruit-dove Ptilinopus coralensis	NT	resident	-	11 individuals	A2
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis	NT	non-breeding	2006	53 individuals	A1
Tuamotu Sandpiper Prosobonia parvirostris	EN	resident	-	15-70 individuals	A1, A2, A4i
Tuamotu Reed-warbler Acrocephalus atyphus	LC	resident	-	55 unknown	A2

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

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	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Climate change and severe weather	likely in short term (within 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
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Coconut plantations	50
Forest	Dry deciduous forest (tropical)	20
Shrubland		20
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tahanea (French Polynesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tahanea-iba-french-polynesia on 23/11/2024.