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Mangere


IBA Justification

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
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur LC breeding 1990-2000 min 40,000 breeding pairs A4ii
Chatham Islands Shag Leucocarbo onslowi CR breeding 1967-2011 50-83 nests A1, A4i
Pitt Island Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni EN breeding 1990-2011 47-66 nests A1, A4i
Chatham Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis EN resident - present A1
Shore Plover Thinornis novaeseelandiae EN resident - present A1
Chatham Islands Snipe Coenocorypha pusilla VU resident 1990-1996 200-250 breeding pairs A1, A4i
Chatham Islands Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi VU resident - present A1
Black Robin Petroica traversi VU resident - present A1
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a - - 20,000-49,999 breeding pairs A4iii

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1977 Mangere Island Nature Reserve 71

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Forest major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Intertidal major (>10)
Shrubland major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


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