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Jutulsessen Mountain


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica LC breeding 2013-2014 76,000 breeding pairs A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding 2013-2014 76,000 breeding pairs A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2015) may differ.



Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jutulsessen Mountain (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jutulsessen-mountain-iba-antarctica on 22/11/2024.