Hope Bay Marine - Antarctic Sound (Antarctica)

Hope Bay Marine - Antarctic Sound

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2017 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
Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae	LC	chick-rearing	2017	24,770-123,850 breeding pairs	A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2017) may differ.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Oceanic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hope Bay Marine - Antarctic Sound (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hope-bay-marine--antarctic-sound-iba-antarctica on 23/11/2024.