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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
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus	LC	brood-guard	2017	17,385 breeding pairs	A4ii
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus	LC	chick-rearing	2016	23,098 breeding pairs	A4ii
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus	VU	incubation	2002	25,853 breeding pairs	A1
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus	VU	winter	2002	5,899-17,968 breeding pairs	A1
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans	VU	incubation	2014-2015	364 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans	VU	brood-guard	2014-2015	427 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans	VU	post-guard	2014-2015	480 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	EN	brood-guard	2014-2015	871 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	EN	post-guard	2014-2015	1,493 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	LC	brood-guard	2007	293 females	A4ii
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis	VU	breeding	2005-2007	1,638-3,686 breeding pairs	A1

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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Protection status:

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 contains site	0

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: South Georgia 2 - Marine. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 07/03/2021.