Maketu (44585)
New Zealand, Australasia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2014
National site name: Maketu
Central coordinates: Latitude: -37.7552, Longitude: 176.4508
System: marine, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 0 to 10
Area of KBA (km2): 9.87026
Protected area coverage (%): 0.06
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas)
Additional biodiversity: IBA Trigger species: Black-billed Gull, NZ Dotterel, Wrybill, Australasian Bittern Other species: Besides the trigger species the following are confirmed or likely to be breeding or resident: Black Shag, Little Black Shag, Pied Shag, Little Shag, White-faced Heron, White Heron, Reef Heron, Royal Spoonbill, Para-dise Shelduck, (Grey Duck), Grey Teal, NZ Shoveler, Australasian Harrier, Banded Rail, Spotless Crake, Pukeko, South Island Pied Oystercatcher, Variable Oystercatcher, Pied Stilt, Banded Dotterel, Black-fronted Dotterel, Spur-winged Plover, South-ern Black-backed Gull, Red-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, White-fronted Tern, Shining Cuckoo, NZ Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, North Island Fernbird, Grey Warbler, North Island Fantail, Silvereye, Black Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, Californi-an Quail, Rock Pigeon, Spotted Dove, Skylark, Hedge Sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Green-finch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Starling, Common Myna, Australian Magpie. Other species recorded: Cattle Egret, Chestnut-breasted Shelduck, Pacific Golden Plover, American Golden Plover, Mongoli-an Dotterel, Turnstone, Grey Plover, Great Sand Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Marsh Sanpiper, Sanderling, Great Knot, Red-necked Stint, Red (Lesser) Knot, Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit, Far-eastern Cur-lew, Asiatic Whimbrel, Arctic Skua, Little Tern.
Habitats
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Intertidal | 24 | |
| Forest | 5 | |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal | 24 | |
| Marine Neritic | 24 | |
| Shrubland | 24 |