Tahuata (French Polynesia) IBA | Details

PF015

Tahuata

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
White-capped Fruit-dove Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii	LC	resident (-)	common	A2
Polynesian Swiftlet Aerodramus leucophaeus	LC	resident (-)	common	A2
Marquesas Kingfisher Todiramphus godeffroyi	CR	breeding (2004)	470–917 mature individuals	A1, A2
Southern Marquesan Reed-warbler Acrocephalus mendanae	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	low	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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	likely in short term (<4 years)	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
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Coconut plantations
Forest	-	Dry deciduous forest (tropical); Lowland evergreen rain forest (tropical)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-
Shrubland	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tahuata (French Polynesia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tahuata-iba-french-polynesia on 23/12/2024.