Mount Elder, Elephant Island (Antarctica) IBA | Details

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Mount Elder, Elephant Island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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 (1971)	14,960 pairs	A4iii

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Elder, Elephant Island (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-elder-elephant-island-iba-antarctica on 26/12/2024.