Îlots de Poindimié Marin


Country/territory: New Caledonia (to France)

IBA criteria met: A1, A4i (2012)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here

Area: 130,246 hectares (1,302.46 km2)

Société Calédonienne d'Ornithologie
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2012 good not assessed very low
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Site summary
The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 20 km around Îlots de Poindimié to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Roseate Tern based upon a 2007 population estimate of 3550 breeding pairs and Fairy Tern based upon a 2007 population estimate of 100 individuals 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: Îlots de Poindimié Marin (New Caledonia (to France)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/îlots-de-poindimié-marin-iba-new-caledonia-(to-france) on 23/12/2024.