BirdLife Data Zone

IE070

Magharee Islands, Mucklaghmore and Illaunbarnagh

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Criteria

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	2006-2007	1,100-1,502 breeding pairs	C2
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	2006-2007	271-284 breeding pairs	B3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2006-2007	18 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2006-2007	128-136 breeding pairs	C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	2006-2007	163-170 breeding pairs	C6

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

IBA Protection

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Magharee Islands SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	417	protected area contains site	0
Magharee Islands SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,269	protected area overlaps with site	327

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	-
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
agriculture	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Magharee Islands, Mucklaghmore and Illaunbarnagh. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/03/2023.