AQ026
Craggy Point, Clarence Island


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus VU breeding 1977 3,350 breeding pairs A1
Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides LC breeding 1977 25,475 breeding pairs A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding 1977 40,395 breeding pairs A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2015) may differ.



Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Craggy Point, Clarence Island (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/craggy-point-clarence-island-iba-antarctica on 23/11/2024.