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The site was identified as important in 2014 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
Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans	VU	non-breeding	2000-2014	max 45 individuals	A1
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	LC	non-breeding	2000-2014	max 70 individuals	A1
Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri	NT	non-breeding	2000-2014	max 50 individuals	A1
White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi	NT	non-breeding	2000-2014	max 60 individuals	A1
Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	VU	non-breeding	2000-2014	max 112 individuals	A1
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis	VU	non-breeding	2000-2014	max 40 individuals	A1
Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri	VU	passage	2000-2014	max 300 individuals	A1
Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni	EN	breeding	1990-2004	300,000-350,000 individuals	A1, A4ii
Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus	LC	resident	-	300-3,000 individuals	A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1914	Rileys Lookout	Nature Reserve	<1
1914	Pinnacle Rock	Nature Reserve	-
1958	Kaikoura Wildlife Refuge	Wildlife Refuge	<1
1993	Oaro	Stewardship Area	<1
1993	Armers Beach	Stewardship Area	-
2014	Hikurangi	Marine Reserve	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kaikoura (offshore) (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kaikoura-(offshore)-iba-new-zealand on 22/11/2024.