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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
Campbell Teal Anas nesiotis	VU	resident	-	50-249 individuals	A1, A4i
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome	VU	breeding	1942-2012	33,239-814,550 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri	EN	non-breeding	1942-2012	20-30 individuals	A1
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes	EN	breeding	2007	351-600 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora	VU	breeding	1907-2008	4,855-7,800 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata	NT	breeding	1995	1,600 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	EN	breeding	1940-2012	8,285-9,585 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	LC	breeding	1995	30-50 breeding pairs	A1
Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida	VU	breeding	1940-2006	21,648-74,825 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Campbell Island Shag Leucocarbo campbelli	VU	resident	1907-1980	1,157-2,666 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Auckland Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica	NT	resident	2010	50-249 mature individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	-	-	50,000-99,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1954	Campbell Island	Nature Reserve	100
1994	Campbell Private Scenic Reserve	Scenic Reserve	100
1998	New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Campbell Islands (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/campbell-islands-iba-new-zealand on 22/11/2024.