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Falaises d'Entrecasteaux


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri EN breeding 1992 18,990 breeding pairs A4ii
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca EN breeding 1992 240 breeding pairs A1, A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding 1992 44,000 breeding pairs A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1924 Antarctique francaise National Park 100
2006 Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres australes françaises/Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres australes françaises (Périmètre de protection de la ) Réserve Naturelle Nationale 100
2008 Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Française Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research -
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Falaises d'Entrecasteaux (French Southern Territories). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/falaises-dentrecasteaux-iba-french-southern-territories on 24/11/2024.