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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2006

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps	LC	breeding	2005	3 breeding pairs	A2
Falkland Steamerduck Tachyeres brachypterus	LC	breeding	2005	abundant	A2
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	LC	breeding	2005	6,648 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome	VU	breeding	2005	13,450 breeding pairs	A1
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus	LC	breeding	2005	2,500-9,999 breeding pairs	A1
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	LC	breeding	2005	29,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri	LC	breeding	2005	2,500,000-4,999,999 breeding pairs	A4ii
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis	VU	breeding	2005	< 50 breeding pairs	A1
Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps	LC	breeding	2005	2,500-9,999 breeding pairs	A4i
Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis	NT	breeding	2005	< 50 breeding pairs	A1, A2
Blackish Cinclodes Cinclodes antarcticus	NT	breeding	2005	10 breeding pairs	A2
Cobb's Wren Troglodytes cobbi	LC	breeding	2005	present	A1, A2
White-bridled Finch Melanodera melanodera	LC	breeding	1999	present	A2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2005	1,000,000-2,499,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
New Island South	Nature Reserve	607	protected area overlaps with site	1,181

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland		-
Coastline		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: New Island Group. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/01/2021.