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The site was identified as important in 2006 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
Falkland Steamerduck Tachyeres brachypterus	LC	breeding	1997	present	A2
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	LC	breeding	1995	300 breeding pairs	A1
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome	VU	breeding	2000-2001	145 breeding pairs	A1
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus	LC	breeding	2005	present	A1
Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis	NT	breeding	1997	6 breeding pairs	A1, A2
Blackish Cinclodes Cinclodes antarcticus	NT	breeding	2005	abundant	A2
Cobb's Wren Troglodytes cobbi	LC	breeding	2005	present	A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Grassland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Passage Islands Group (Falkland Islands (Malvinas)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/passage-islands-group-iba-falkland-islands-(malvinas) on 25/11/2024.