Data Zone
Country/territory: Papua New Guinea
IBA criteria met: A4i (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 2,027,350 hectares (20,273.50 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2012 | good | low | very low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
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 23/12/2024.