Curtis & Cheeseman Islands (New Zealand)

NZ003

Curtis & Cheeseman Islands

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
Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis	LC	breeding	-	210,000-499,999 breeding pairs	A4ii
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis	LC	breeding	1989	min 101,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Procelsterna cerulea	NR	breeding	1970-1989	min 6,000 breeding pairs	A4i
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	-	100,000-499,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

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	high	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
Geological events	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high

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
1934	Kermadec Islands (All Islands)	Nature Reserve	100
1990	Kermadec Islands	Marine Reserve	11
2007	Kermadec	Benthic Protection Area	100

Habitats

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Curtis & Cheeseman Islands (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/curtis-&-cheeseman-islands-iba-new-zealand on 24/11/2024.