Tetiaroa, Moorea et Tahiti Marine (31035)
French Polynesia, Oceania
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: D1a
Year of last assessment: 2012
National site name: Tetiaroa, Moorea et Tahiti Marine
Central coordinates: Latitude: -17.0200, Longitude: -149.5672
System: marine
Area of KBA (km2): 21841.76102
Protected area coverage (%): 68.97
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 80 km around Tetiaroa, Moorea et Tahiti to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Red-footed Booby based upon a 1973 population estimate of 5000 breeding pairs from Thibault, JC. (1976) L'Avifaune de Tetiaroa (archipel de la Societe. Polynesie Francaise. L'Oiseau et la Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie, 46(1): 29-45; Brown Noddy based upon a 2009 population estimate of 10552 breeding pairs from Russel, J. and Faulquier, L. (2009) Tetiaroa rat and seabird survey. University of California - Berkeley and Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie MANU. 11pgs; and high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Tahiti Petrel based upon a 2008 population estimate of 107 - 139 individuals from Zarzoso-Lacoste, D. (2008) Inventaire de l'avifaune marine du Massif du Marau et premiere estimation de l'impact des predateurs sur le Petrel de Tahiti, Psedobulweria rostrata. Memoire de Diploma Universitaire 2008 de niveau 2, 49pgs.
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 80 km around Tetiaroa, Moorea et Tahiti to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Red-footed Booby based upon a 1973 population estimate of 5000 breeding pairs from Thibault, JC. (1976) L'Avifaune de Tetiaroa (archipel de la Societe. Polynesie Francaise. L'Oiseau et la Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie, 46(1): 29-45; Brown Noddy based upon a 2009 population estimate of 10552 breeding pairs from Russel, J. and Faulquier, L. (2009) Tetiaroa rat and seabird survey. University of California - Berkeley and Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie MANU. 11pgs; and high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Tahiti Petrel based upon a 2008 population estimate of 107 - 139 individuals from Zarzoso-Lacoste, D. (2008) Inventaire de l'avifaune marine du Massif du Marau et premiere estimation de l'impact des predateurs sur le Petrel de Tahiti, Psedobulweria rostrata. Memoire de Diploma Universitaire 2008 de niveau 2, 49pgs.
Delineation rationale: The site boundary is based upon a seaward extension of 80 km around Tetiaroa, Moorea et Tahiti to encompass the foraging range of IBA threshold numbers of Red-footed Booby based upon a 1973 population estimate of 5000 breeding pairs from Thibault, JC. (1976) L'Avifaune de Tetiaroa (archipel de la Societe. Polynesie Francaise. L'Oiseau et la Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie, 46(1): 29-45; Brown Noddy based upon a 2009 population estimate of 10552 breeding pairs from Russel, J. and Faulquier, L. (2009) Tetiaroa rat and seabird survey. University of California - Berkeley and Societe d'Ornithologie de Polynesie MANU. 11pgs; and high use and transit areas of IBA threshold numbers of Tahiti Petrel based upon a 2008 population estimate of 107 - 139 individuals from Zarzoso-Lacoste, D. (2008) Inventaire de l'avifaune marine du Massif du Marau et premiere estimation de l'impact des predateurs sur le Petrel de Tahiti, Psedobulweria rostrata. Memoire de Diploma Universitaire 2008 de niveau 2, 49pgs.
Habitats
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Neritic | 100 |