SH003
North-east St Helena


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus LC breeding (1992) 43 pairs A4ii
Saint Helena Plover Charadrius sanctaehelenae VU resident (2001) 335 birds A1, A2, A4i

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1955 Diana's Peak National Park (II) -
1993 Prosperous Bay Plain Habitat Management Area (IV) 4

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
forestry -
nature conservation and research -
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North-east St Helena (St Helena (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-east-st-helena-iba-st-helena-(to-uk) on 29/12/2024.