FK013
Pebble Island Group


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps LC breeding (1995) 175 pairs A2
Falkland Steamerduck Tachyeres brachypterus LC breeding (1995) 103 pairs A2
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua LC breeding (2000–2001) 1,669 pairs A1
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus VU breeding (2005) 10 pairs A1
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome VU breeding (2000–2001) 6,775 pairs A1
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus LC breeding (1995) 1,400 pairs A1
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus LC breeding (2000–2001) 20 pairs A1
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea NT breeding (2005) 100 pairs A1
Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis NT breeding (2005) 2 pairs A1, A2
Blackish Cinclodes Cinclodes antarcticus NT breeding (2005) common A2
Cobb's Wren Troglodytes cobbi LC breeding (2005) common A1, A2
White-bridled Finch Melanodera melanodera LC breeding (1995–2001) 17 pairs A2
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (2005) 10,000-19,999 pairs A4iii

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland major (>10) Southern temperate grassland
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Intertidal major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pebble Island Group (Falkland Islands (Malvinas)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pebble-island-group-iba-falkland-islands-(malvinas) on 23/12/2024.