Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2005
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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) |
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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) |
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Sea | Open Sea, Rock stacks & coastal islets | - |
Coastline | Sea cliffs and rocky shores | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: South Georgia - mainland, islands, islets and stacks. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 11/08/2022.