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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	2000	8,135-13,454 breeding pairs	B1ii, B3, C2, C6
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus	LC	breeding	2001	561-1,077 breeding pairs	B2
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	breeding	1999	28,799 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B3, C3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1999-2001	20,000-49,999	A4iii, C4

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)
Skelligs SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	624	protected area contains site	245
Little Skellig	Nature Reserve	8	protected area contained by site	8
Great Skellig	Nature Reserve	23	protected area contained by site	23

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: The Skelligs: Great Skellig and Little Skellig. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/05/2022.