AQ174
Cape Main, Coulman Island


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2015 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (1981–2012) 17,991 pairs A4iii


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cape Main, Coulman Island (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cape-main-coulman-island-iba-antarctica on 19/12/2024.