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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2018

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Snares Penguin Eudyptes robustus	VU	breeding	1968-1985	11,439-23,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri	NT	breeding	1948-2014	6,480-8,898 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	breeding	1970-2001	2,500,000-3,500,000 nests	A1, A4ii
Common Diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix	LC	breeding	1999-2000	91,980-255,941 nests	A4ii
Snares Island Snipe Coenocorypha huegeli	NT	resident	2012-2013	400 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Snares Tomtit Petroica dannefaerdi	VU	resident	1982-1988	500 breeding pairs	A1, A2
Snares Fernbird Poodytes caudatus	VU	resident	1982-1988	1,500 breeding pairs	A1, A2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	-	-	2,500,000-4,999,999 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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Snares Islands	Nature Reserve	368	protected area contains site	0
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	1,386,792	protected area contains site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Grassland	Tussock grasslands	-
Forest		-
Shrubland		-
Marine Intertidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Snares (eastern islands). Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2023.