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The site was identified as important in 2014 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus	LC	resident	1990	179-500 individuals	A1, A4i
Black-billed Gull Larus bulleri	NT	breeding	1951-1955	122-220 breeding pairs	A1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2014).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Lake Rotorua (Motutara)	Wildlife Refuge	141	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Shrubland		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rotorua Sulphur Point. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rotorua-sulphur-point-iba-new-zealand on 03/12/2023.