Tench Marine


Country/territory: Papua New Guinea

IBA criteria met: A4i (2012)
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Area: 2,027,350 ha

IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2012 favourable low negligible
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Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 80 km around Tench to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Brown Noddy based upon a 1973 population estimate of 80,000 individuals, and Black Noddy based upon a 1973 population estimate of 20,000 individuals from Silva, K. (1973) Observations. PNG Bird Society Newsletter, 89: 2-3.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tench Marine (Papua New Guinea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tench-marine-iba-papua-new-guinea on 23/11/2024.