The site was identified as important in 2015 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 |
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A4iii Species group - seabirds | n/a | breeding | 1990 | 13,700 breeding pairs | A4iii |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2015).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Duroch Islands. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/duroch-islands-iba-antarctica on 02/10/2023.