AQ087
Joubin Islands


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
Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps LC breeding (1987) 250 pairs A4i


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Joubin Islands (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/joubin-islands-iba-antarctica on 23/12/2024.