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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2014

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina	LC	breeding	1994	840,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata	LC	breeding	1960-1994	176,000-499,999 breeding pairs	A4ii
Chatham Islands Petrel Pterodroma axillaris	VU	breeding	1991-2010	335-1,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Pitt Island Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni	EN	breeding	1961-2003	39-63 nests	A1, A4i
Chatham Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis	EN	resident	2009	3 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Chatham Islands Snipe Coenocorypha pusilla	VU	resident	1996	700-800 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Black Robin Petroica traversi	VU	breeding	2008-2009	103-128 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	-	1,000,000-2,499,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Rangatira	Nature Reserve	221	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Shrubland		-
Forest		-
Marine Intertidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rangatira South East Island. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/28070 on 29/05/2023.