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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes	EN	breeding	1968-2011	30-46 nests	A1, A4ii
Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus	LC	breeding	1997-1999	min 22,123 nests	A4i
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	-	-	20,000-49,999 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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Whitewash Head/Scarborough Wildlife Refuge	Wildlife Refuge	4	protected area overlaps with site	0
Pohatu Wildlife Refuge	Government Purpose Reserve	13	protected area overlaps with site	13
Pohatu	Marine Reserve	234	protected area overlaps with site	0
Palm Gully	Scenic Reserve	111	protected area overlaps with site	21
Godley Head Farm Park	Government Purpose Reserve	272	protected area contained by site	272
Dan Rogers	Nature Reserve	8	protected area contained by site	7
Akaroa Head	Scenic Reserve	12	protected area contained by site	14
Akaroa	Marine Reserve	512	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Adderley Head	Scenic Reserve	147	protected area contained by site	147

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Banks Peninsula. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/08/2022.