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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
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes	EN	breeding	1968-2011	30-46 nests	A1, A4ii
Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi	EN	non-breeding	-	present	A1
Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni	EN	non-breeding	-	present	A1
Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus	LC	breeding	1996	min 45,000 mature individuals	A4ii
Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus	EN	non-breeding	1970-2014	300 individuals	A1, A4i

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1955	Washdyke Lagoon Wildlife Refuge	Wildlife Refuge	<1
1958	Motunau Island	Nature Reserve	<1
1959	Whitewash Head/Scarborough Wildlife Refuge	Wildlife Refuge	<1
1979	King Billy Island	Scenic Reserve	-
1987	Kaitorete Spit	Stewardship Area	<1
1987	Milford Lagoon	Stewardship Area	<1
1987	Pacific Ocean Foreshore Napenape	Stewardship Area	<1
1987	Pacific Ocean Foreshore Coopers Lagoon	Stewardship Area	<1
1987	McCormacks Bay	Stewardship Area	-
1987	Pacific Ocean Foreshore below Ella	Stewardship Area	<1
1988	Wainono Lagoon Foreshore	Stewardship Area	<1
1988	Pacific Ocean Foreshore Gum Tree Gully	Stewardship Area	<1
1999	Pohatu	Marine Reserve	<1
2014	Akaroa	Marine Reserve	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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