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Îles des récifs Bampton et Chesterfield

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2012 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
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	LC	breeding (2009)	515–525 pairs	A4ii
Red-footed Booby Sula sula	LC	breeding (2009)	3,530–3,600 pairs	A4ii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding (2009)	1,761–3,751 pairs	A4ii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding (2009)	21,140–22,800 pairs	A4i
Black Noddy Anous minutus	LC	breeding (2009)	20,840–21,500 pairs	A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	breeding (2011)	14 pairs	A1
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (2012)	13,465 pairs	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding (2009)	47,213–70,464 pairs	A4iii

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2012. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2012	moderate	medium	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	520 / 520 (pairs)	100	not assessed
Red-footed Booby Sula sula	3,565 / 4,800 (pairs)	75	moderate
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	2,756 / 1,980 (pairs)	100	good
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	21,970 / 21,970 (pairs)	100	not assessed
Black Noddy Anous minutus	21,170 / 21,170 (pairs)	100	not assessed
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	14 / 14 (pairs)	100	not assessed
A4iii Species group - seabirds	13,465 / 13,465 (pairs)	100	not assessed
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	58,838 / 58,838 (pairs)	100	not assessed

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (>4 years)	whole of population/area (>90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2014	Natural Park of the Coral Sea	Parc Naturel (VI)	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Îles des récifs Bampton et Chesterfield (New Caledonia (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/îles-des-récifs-bampton-et-chesterfield-iba-new-caledonia-(to-france) on 04/12/2024.