Enderby Group (New Zealand) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Enderby Group

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
Auckland Teal Anas aucklandica	NT	resident	-	present	A1
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes	EN	breeding	1972-1989	min 227 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora	VU	breeding	1941-2013	37-69 breeding pairs	A1
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis	VU	breeding	1972	present	A1
Auckland Islands Shag Leucocarbo colensoi	VU	breeding	1988-2011	475-1,366 nests	A1, A4ii
Auckland Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica	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
1934	Auckland Islands	Nature Reserve	100
1998	New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Grassland	Tussock grasslands	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Enderby Group (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/enderby-group-iba-new-zealand on 22/11/2024.