Key Biodiversity Areas

Nord-ouest de Nuku Hiva (23765)
French Polynesia, Oceania

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesPtilinopus dupetithouarsiiWhite-capped Fruit-doveLC2018B2link-icon
AvesAcrocephalus percernisNorthern Marquesan Reed-warblerLC2018B2link-icon
AvesAerodramus leucophaeusPolynesian SwiftletLC2018B2link-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesPseudobulweria rostrataTahiti PetrelNT2007link-icon
AvesCollocalia ocistaLC2007link-icon
AvesNumenius tahitiensisBristle-thighed CurlewVU2007link-icon
AvesAcrocephalus mendanaeMarquesan Reed-warblerLC2007link-icon
AvesDucula galeataNukuhiva Imperial-pigeonEN2010link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Nord-ouest de Nuku Hiva. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 31, 2025.