Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2006
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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.
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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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New Island South | Nature Reserve | 607 | protected area overlaps with site | 1,181 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Grassland | - | |
Coastline | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: New Island Group. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 24/01/2021.