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Bouvetøya (Bouvet Island)


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2012 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
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

The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2012).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Bouvetoya Naturreservat 5,800 protected area contains site 5,000

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research -
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bouvetøya (Bouvet Island). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bouvetøya-(bouvet-island)-iba-bouvet-island-(to-norway) on 19/03/2024.