The reserve was declared in 1992, and is the primary nesting site of several endangered species, several of which are endemic, including the Hatutu Marquesan Warbler (Acrocephalus mendanae postremus) and the Marquesas Ground Dove (Gallicolumba rubescens).
Old World warbler | Cetti's Warbler | Warbler | Wood Warbler | warbler | New World warbler | Subalpine Warbler | Great Reed Warbler | Garden Warbler | Sedge Warbler | golden-cheeked warbler | Cerulean Warbler | wood warbler | Wilson's Warbler | Willow Warbler | willow warbler | Whistler's Warbler | Typical warbler | Swainson's Warbler | Seychelles Warbler | sedge warbler | Rubeho Warbler | River Warbler | Prothonotary Warbler | prothonotary warbler | Orphean Warbler | Orange-crowned Warbler | Ménétries's Warbler | Marquesan language | Japanese Bush Warbler |