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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2005

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica	LC	breeding	1987	1,000 breeding pairs	A4i
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus	LC	breeding	2002	45,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	LC	breeding	1987	10,500 breeding pairs	A4ii
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus	VU	breeding	2004	1,000,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus	LC	breeding	1979	600,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Black-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica	LC	breeding	1979	10,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans	VU	breeding	2004	2,857 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata	NT	breeding	1976	7,500 breeding pairs	A4ii
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	EN	breeding	2003-2004	77,436 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	LC	breeding	2003	90,600 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	LC	breeding	1987	4,310 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus	LC	breeding	1987	5,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Cape Petrel Daption capense	LC	breeding	1987	10,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea	LC	breeding	1979	70,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata	LC	breeding	1979	22,000,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis	VU	breeding	1979	2,000,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Common Diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix	LC	breeding	1979	3,800,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
South Georgia Diving-petrel Pelecanoides georgicus	LC	breeding	1979	2,000,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps	LC	breeding	1997	10,322 breeding pairs	A4i
Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus	LC	breeding	1979	2,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata	LC	breeding	1979	2,500 breeding pairs	A4i
Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica	LC	breeding	1979	1,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus	LC	breeding	2004	3,000 breeding pairs	A2

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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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area	Marine Protected Area	107,000,000	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Sea	Open Sea, Rock stacks & coastal islets	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: South Georgia - mainland, islands, islets and stacks. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/01/2022.