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Islotes Evangelistas


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2015 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
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris LC breeding (2003) 4,669 pairs A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2015. The most recent assessment (2015) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2015 good low very low
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%) good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
No known threats past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting few indiviĀ­duals/small area (<10%) no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generĀ­ations) low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%) No management planning has taken place Very little or no conservation action taking place very low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islotes Evangelistas (Chile). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islotes-evangelistas-iba-chile on 28/12/2024.