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Mathewson Point, Shepard Island


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (2010) 28,934 pairs A4iii


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mathewson Point, Shepard Island (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mathewson-point-shepard-island-iba-antarctica on 22/12/2024.