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The site was identified as important in 2020 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
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	LC	chick-rearing	1979-2019	4,164-7,620 breeding pairs	A4

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2020).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Antarctica Marine 2. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/antarctica-marine-2-iba-antarctica on 25/09/2023.