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Site description (2014 baseline):
IBA Trigger species: Pycroft's Petrel, Flesh-footed Shearwater, Fluttering Shearwater, Kaka, Red-fronted Parakeet, North Island Saddleback
Ornithological information: Besides the trigger species the following are confirmed breeding or resident on the islands: Little Penguin, Grey-faced Petrel, Sooty Shearwater, Northern Little Shearwater, Common Diving Petrel, Pied Shag, Little Shag, Southern Black-backed Gull, Red-billed Gull, White-fronted Tern, NZ Pigeon, Yellow-crowned Parakeet, Morepork, NZ Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, North Island Fantail, Grey Warbler, North Island Tomtit, Silvereye, Bellbird, Tui, Hedge Sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Starling. Other species recorded: Caspian Tern, Shining Cuckoo, Common Myna.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Human disturbance – No
Predation by alien species – No
Habitat loss or degradation – No
Contamination – No
Natural disaster – No
Other - No
Hen and Chicken Islands - Nature Reserve - 984 ha - Protected area contains site
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marotere Chickens Islands (New Zealand). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marotere-chickens-islands-iba-new-zealand on 27/12/2024.
