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Numbers and habitat of the Rapa Fruit-dove Ptilinopus huttoni

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

Jean-Claude Thibault  and
Albert Varney
Jean-Claude Thibault
Affiliation:
Antenne du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Centre de l'Environnement, B.P. 1013, Papetoai-Mo'orea, French Polynesia; (present address) Pare naturel régional de la Corse, B.P.4.1J, F-20184 Ajaccio, France.
Albert Varney
Affiliation:
Institut francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération (ORSTOM), Centre de Tahiti, B.P.529, Pape'ete, Polynésie française.
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A survey in December/January 1989/1990 revealed that an estimated 274 Rapa Fruit-doves Ptilinopus huttoni remain in Rapa's last (and fragmented) 292 ha of forest. This suggests no serious decline since 1974, but the forests continue to be degraded and cleared, and action to preserve key sites is urgently needed.

Un recensement en décembre/janvier 1989/1990 montra qu'un nombre estimé de 274 Ptilopes de Hutton Ptilinopus huttoni survivent dans les derniers 292 ha de forêt fragmen-tee sur l'île de Rapa. Ceci ne suggére aucun déclin important depuis 1974, mais les forêts continuent à être dégradées et coupées, ainsi il devient urgent d'entreprendre des actions pour le sauvegarde des sites clés.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 75 - 81
Copyright
Copyright © Birdlife International 1991

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