AQ052
Half Moon Island


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2015 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
South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki LC breeding (1995–1996) 103 pairs A4ii


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Half Moon Island (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/half-moon-island-iba-antarctica on 22/12/2024.