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Beauchêne Island


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua LC breeding (2000–2005) 750 breeding pairs A1
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome VU breeding (2000–2001) 61,650 breeding pairs A1, A4ii
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris LC breeding (2000–2001) 103,050 breeding pairs A1, A4ii
Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis NT breeding (2005) 65 breeding pairs A1, A2
Blackish Cinclodes Cinclodes antarcticus NT breeding (2005) abundant A2
Cobb's Wren Troglodytes cobbi LC breeding (2005) abundant A1, A2
White-bridled Finch Melanodera melanodera LC breeding (2000) 10 breeding pairs A2
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (2005) 100,000-499,999 breeding pairs A4iii

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1965 Beauchene Island Nature Reserve (Ia) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Intertidal major (>10)

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Beauchêne Island (Falkland Islands (Malvinas)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/beauchêne-island-iba-falkland-islands-(malvinas) on 12/01/2025.