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Site description (2012 baseline):
Site location and context
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 8 km around Île Walpole to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Brown Booby based upon a 2007 population estimate of 270 - 800 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.
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 8 km around Île Walpole to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Brown Booby based upon a 2007 population estimate of 270 - 800 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 (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Île Walpole Marin (New Caledonia (to France)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/île-walpole-marin-iba-new-caledonia-(to-france) on 23/11/2024.
