Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year[s] of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis |
LC |
breeding (1988) |
2,500,000 pairs |
A4ii |
White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis |
VU |
breeding (1988) |
50,000 pairs |
A1, A4ii |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica |
LC |
breeding (1988) |
40,000 pairs |
A4ii |
Procelsterna cerulea |
NR |
breeding (1988) |
10,000 |
A4i |
A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
breeding (1988) |
2,500,000-4,999,999 pairs |
A4iii |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2014 |
not assessed |
high |
not assessed |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
no |
unset |
- |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
major (>10) |
|
Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
Shrubland |
major (>10) |
|
Forest |
minor (<10) |
|
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Macauley & Haszard Islands (New Zealand). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/macauley-&-haszard-islands-iba-new-zealand on 03/12/2024.