Guamblin Island (Chile) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Guamblin Island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2010 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-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	LC	non-breeding	2009	180 individuals	A1
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	breeding	2009	55,000 individuals	A1, A4ii
Peruvian Diving-petrel Pelecanoides garnotii	NT	breeding	2007	97 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2009	55,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2015) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2015	favourable	low	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-	good (> 90%)	favourable
Forest	-	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1970	Isla Guamblin	Parque Nacional	91

Habitats

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Guamblin Island (Chile). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/guamblin-island-iba-chile on 22/11/2024.