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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2006

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri	VU	resident	2001	3,500-4,250 breeding pairs	A1, A2, A4i
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi	EN	breeding	2004	30,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Grey-backed Storm-petrel Garrodia nereis	LC	breeding	1974	1,000-10,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina	LC	breeding	1994	min 10,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
White-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta grallaria	LC	breeding	1994	min 10,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena	CR	breeding	2001	1,500-2,400 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca	EN	breeding	2001	5,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos	EN	breeding	2001	5,250 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus	LC	breeding	2005	222-236 breeding pairs	A1
Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata	LC	breeding	2001	1,750,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris	LC	breeding	2001	min 50,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis	LC	breeding	2001	400,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta	EN	breeding	2001	1,800,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera	LC	breeding	2001	min 10,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea	NT	breeding	2001	min 10,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis	LC	breeding	2001	980,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis	LC	breeding	2001	min 5,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata	LC	breeding	2001	500 breeding pairs	A4i
Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica	LC	breeding	2001	1,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Gough Finch Rowettia goughensis	CR	resident	2000-2001	700-1,000 breeding pairs	A1, A2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2001	min 5,000,000 breeding pairs	A4iii

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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Gough Island	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	229,811	protected area contains site	6,500
Gough Island	Wildlife Reserve	6,500	is identical to site	6,500
Gough and Inaccessible Islands	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	397,900	protected area contains site	6,500

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
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: Gough Island. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/07/2022.