Islas Diego Ramírez y Rocas Norte (Chile)

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Islas Diego Ramírez y Rocas Norte

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus	VU	breeding	2006	15,600 breeding pairs	A1
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome	VU	breeding	2006	132,721 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	EN	breeding	2006	17,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	LC	breeding	2003	55,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea	LC	breeding	2006	1,350,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2006	1,000,000-2,499,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2015	favourable	low	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2019	Islas Diego Ramírez y Paso Drake	Parque Marino	100

Habitats

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islas Diego Ramírez y Rocas Norte (Chile). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islas-diego-ramírez-y-rocas-norte-iba-chile on 22/11/2024.