Île Hunter Marin


Country/territory: New Caledonia (to France)
IBA Justification: A4ii (2012)

Area: 643 hectares (6.43 km2)

BirdLife Partner(s): Société Calédonienne d'Ornithologie

Conservation status of the Important Bird Area (IBA)
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2012 favourable low very low


Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 1 km around Île Hunter to encompass high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Red-tailed Tropicbird based upon a 2007 population estimate of 100 - 200 breeding pairs from Spaggiari, J., Chartendrault, V. and Barre, N. (2007) Zones importantes pour la conservation des oiseaux de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Societe caledonienne d'ornitholoie - SCO et BirdLife International. Noumea, Nouvelle-Caledonie. 216pp.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Île Hunter Marin (New Caledonia (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/île-hunter-marin-iba-new-caledonia-(to-france) on 08/01/2025.