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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
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus	LC	breeding	2000-2001	60,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus	LC	breeding	2001	3,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Chilean Skua Catharacta chilensis	LC	breeding	2001	200 breeding pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2001	50,000-99,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	-	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1982	Los Pinguinos	Monumento Natural	56
1983	Isla Magdalena	Parque Nacional	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Isla Magdalena National Park (Chile). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/isla-magdalena-national-park-iba-chile on 22/11/2024.