Bounty Islands (New Zealand) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Bounty Islands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2014 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri	EN	breeding	-	21,373-49,999 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	VU	breeding	1907-2009	53,552-76,352 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides	LC	breeding	1907-1990	30,000-99,999 breeding pairs	A4ii
Bounty Islands Shag Leucocarbo ranfurlyi	VU	resident	1978-1997	344-569 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	-	-	100,000-499,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	not assessed	low	high
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	high

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1961	Bounty Islands	Nature Reserve	56
1998	New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100
2007	Bounty Heritage	Benthic Protection Area	44

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bounty Islands (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bounty-islands-iba-new-zealand on 25/11/2024.