Dusky Sound Wet Jacket Arm (New Zealand)

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Dusky Sound Wet Jacket Arm

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
Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus	NT	breeding	1991-1995	min 25 nests	A1, A4ii
New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis	VU	resident	-	present	A1
Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala	NT	resident	-	present	A1

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	medium	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	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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
1978	Fiordland National Park	National Park	100
1990	Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	7

Habitats

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dusky Sound Wet Jacket Arm (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dusky-sound-wet-jacket-arm-iba-new-zealand on 23/11/2024.