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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
Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus	NT	breeding (1986–1993)	137–218 nests	A1, A4ii

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.

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 popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Cook River to Haast River	Stewardship Area (III)	88
1990	Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	47
1993	Whakapohai	Wildlife Refuge (IV)	13
1995	Abbey Rocks	Stewardship Area (III)	8

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Heretaniwha Point Waterfall Creek (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/heretaniwha-point-waterfall-creek-iba-new-zealand on 26/12/2024.