Cape Kidnappers (New Zealand) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Cape Kidnappers

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
Brown Teal Anas chlorotis	NT	resident	2005-2010	100-135 individuals	A1, A4i
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator	LC	breeding	1931-1980	3,561-8,000 breeding pairs	A4ii

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 (2014) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	not assessed	low	not assessed
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
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	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
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1914	Cape Kidnappers	Nature Reserve	<1
1914	Cape Kidnappers Gannet Protection	Government Purpose Reserve	<1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations, Improved grassland & pasture	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)
Forest		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cape Kidnappers (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cape-kidnappers-iba-new-zealand on 27/11/2024.