NZM004
East Coast North Island (offshore)


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator LC breeding (1980) 10,372 mature individuals A4ii

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1914 Cape Kidnappers Nature Reserve (Ia) <1
1958 Ahuriri Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Refuge (IV) <1
1969 Ngaruroro and Tutaekuri Estuary Wildlife Refuge (IV) <1
1987 Ahuriri Estuary Stewardship Area (III) <1
1987 Upoko Block Stewardship Area (III) <1
1987 Haumoana Stewardship Area (III) -
1997 Te Angiangi Marine Reserve (Ia) <1

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Neritic 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: East Coast North Island (offshore) (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/east-coast-north-island-(offshore)-iba-new-zealand on 24/12/2024.