FJ17
Vatu-i-Ra Marine


Country/territory: Fiji

IBA criteria met: A4i (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here

Area: 551,587 hectares (5,515.87 km2)

NatureFiji - MareqetiViti
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2012 good high very low
For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here


Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 48 km around Vatu-i-Ra to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Black Noddy based upon a 2003 population estimate of 84,000 individuals from BirdLife International (2003) Field Report No. 19: Bird Survey of Vatu-i-Ra Island, 18-19 and 22-23 December 2003. BirdLife International, Suva, Fiji.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vatu-i-Ra Marine (Fiji). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vatu-i-ra-marine-iba-fiji on 23/12/2024.