South Georgia (3,500 km², maximum altitude 2,934 m), together with numerous offshore rocky islands (e.g. Bird Island), are isolated sub-Antarctic islands; characteristic vegetation includes tussock grassland and wet heath. The group is a UK dependent territory with the South Sandwich Islands. South Georgia is a Secondary Area because of one endemic landbird, South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus, which breeds mainly on the rat-free offshore islands, notably Bird Island (which is also important for breeding seabirds, especially the Vulnerable Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans).

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BirdLife International (2024) Endemic Bird Area factsheet: South Georgia. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/336 on 23/11/2024.