Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2012
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population at site | IBA criteria triggered |
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Black-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica | LC | breeding | 1998 | 1,000 breeding pairs | A4ii |
Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides | LC | breeding | 1999 | min 50,000 breeding pairs | A4ii |
A4iii Species group - seabirds | n/a | breeding | 1977-1999 | 73,000 breeding pairs | A4iii |
Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.
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Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Bouvetoya | Naturreservat | 5,800 | protected area contains site | 5,000 |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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nature conservation and research | - |
not utilised | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bouvetøya (Bouvet Island). Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6044 on 04/06/2023.