The site was identified as important in 2014 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):Species | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) | Population estimate at site | IBA criteria met |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes | EN | breeding | 1999-2001 | 30-71 breeding pairs | A1, A4ii |
Southern Red-breasted Plover Charadrius obscurus | CR | breeding | - | present | A1 |
Kakapo Strigops habroptila | CR | resident | - | present | A1 |
New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis | VU | resident | - | present | A1 |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2014).
Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rakiura National Park | National Park | 140,359 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|---|
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - | |
Shrubland | - | |
Forest | - | |
Wetlands (inland) | - | |
Marine Intertidal | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Port Pegasus. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/port-pegasus-iba-new-zealand on 25/09/2023.