Data Zone
Country/territory: New Zealand
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii (2014)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 1,778 ha
Protection status:
Key biodiversity
IBA Trigger species: Grey-faced Petrel, Flesh-footed Shearwater, Australasian Gannet, Orange-fronted (Malherbe's) Parakeet*, Kaka*, Australasian Bittern*, Brown Teal* **, North Island Saddleback* **
* Tuhua Mayor Island only
** Translocated species.
Ornithological information: Besides the trigger species the following are confirmed or likely to breeding or resident at these sites: Little Penguin, Fluttering Shearwater, Common Diving Petrel, Black Shag, Little Black Shag, Pied Shag, Little Shag, White-faced Heron, Reef Heron, Mallard, (Grey Duck), Australasian Harrier, Variable Oystercatcher, Southern Black-backed Gull, Red-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, White-fronted Tern, NZ Pigeon, Shining Cuckoo, Long-tailed Cuckoo, Morepork, NZ Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow, Grey Warbler, NZ Fantail, North Island Tomtit, North Island Robin, Silvereye, Bellbird, Tui,Hedge Sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mallard, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Redpoll, House Spar-row, Starling.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bay of Plenty Islands. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 25/02/2021.
