Key Biodiversity Areas

Maria Marine (31030)
French Polynesia, Oceania

Site overview

KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: D1a
Year of last assessment: 2012
National site name: Maria Marine
Central coordinates: Latitude: -21.8108, Longitude: -154.7048
System: marine
Area of KBA (km2): 15.85479
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: Yes

Site details

Site description: The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 1 km around Maria to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Red-tailed Tropicbird based upon a 2003 population estimate of 442 individuals from Pierce, R., Raust, P. and Wragg, G. (2003) Report on an avifauna survey of atolls in the Tuamotu and Austral archipelagos, French Polynesia. Wildliand Consultants, New Zealand.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for at least one criterion described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs.
Additional biodiversity: The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 1 km around Maria to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Red-tailed Tropicbird based upon a 2003 population estimate of 442 individuals from Pierce, R., Raust, P. and Wragg, G. (2003) Report on an avifauna survey of atolls in the Tuamotu and Austral archipelagos, French Polynesia. Wildliand Consultants, New Zealand.
Delineation rationale: The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 1 km around Maria to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Red-tailed Tropicbird based upon a 2003 population estimate of 442 individuals from Pierce, R., Raust, P. and Wragg, G. (2003) Report on an avifauna survey of atolls in the Tuamotu and Austral archipelagos, French Polynesia. Wildliand Consultants, New Zealand.

Habitats

IUCN HabitatCoverage %Habitat detail
Marine Neritic100

Threats

Threat level 1Threat level 2Threat level 3Timing
PollutionIndustrial & military effluentsOil spillsOngoing