NZ060
Banks Peninsula


Country/territory: New Zealand

IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii (2014)
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Area: 1,430 hectares (14.30 km2)

Forest and Bird
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2014 not assessed high not assessed
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Key biodiversity
IBA Trigger species: Yellow-eyed penguin, Spotted shag

Ornithological information: Besides the trigger species the following species are confirmed or likely to be breeding: Little (White-flippered) Penguin, Sooty Shearwater, Fairy Prion, Pied Shag, Little Shag, Australasian Harrier, NZ Falcon, Southern Black-backed Gull, Red-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, White-fronted Tern, Rock Pigeon, Californian Quail, Variable Oystercatch-er, Spur-winged Plover, NZ Pigeon, NZ Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, Grey Warbler, South Island Fantail, South Island Tomtit, Silvereye, Bellbird. Skylark, Hedge Sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Redpoll, House Sparrow, Starling, Australian Magpie.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Banks Peninsula (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/banks-peninsula-iba-new-zealand on 23/12/2024.