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Île de Yandé


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
Red-bellied Fruit-dove Ptilinopus greyi LC resident (2003–2005) present A2
White-bellied Goshawk Accipiter haplochrous NT resident (2003–2005) present A2
Grey-eared Honeyeater Lichmera incana LC resident (2003–2005) present A2
New Caledonian Myzomela Myzomela caledonica LC resident (2003–2005) present A2
Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis LC resident (2003–2005) present A2
New Caledonian Whistler Pachycephala caledonica LC resident (2003–2005) present A2
Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga LC resident (2003–2005) present A2
Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica LC resident (2003–2005) present A2
Green-backed White-eye Zosterops xanthochroa LC resident (2003–2005) present A2
Striated Starling Aplonis striata LC resident (2003–2005) present A2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2008 Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA) 46


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Île de Yandé (New Caledonia (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/île-de-yandé-iba-new-caledonia-(to-france) on 23/12/2024.