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The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Southern Pintail Anas eatoni	VU	resident	1989	present	A2
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	LC	breeding	1989	150 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea	LC	breeding	1989	100,000-200,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea	NT	breeding	1989	5,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata	NT	breeding	-	present	A1
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1989	110,000-210,000 breeding pairs	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2006	Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres australes françaises/Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres australes françaises (Périmètre de protection de la )	Réserve Naturelle Nationale	100
2008	Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Française	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	24

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islands of the Golfe du Morbihan (French Southern Territories). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islands-of-the-golfe-du-morbihan-iba-french-southern-territories on 23/11/2024.