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The site was identified as important in 2014 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
Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus	NT	breeding	1993-2009	min 11 nests	A1
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes	EN	breeding	1999-2001	6-14 nests	A1
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	breeding	1971-2013	35,833-133,333 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Southern Red-breasted Plover Charadrius obscurus	CR	resident	-	present	A1
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	-	-	20,000-49,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1903	Port Adventure	Scenic Reserve	17
1903	East Cape	Scenic Reserve	17
1907	Lords River Islands	Scenic Reserve	<1
2001	Tutae-Ka-Wetoweto Forest	Conservation Covenant	6
2002	Rakiura National Park	National Park	-
2010	Eastern Rakiura	Scenic Reserve	30

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Port Adventure (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/port-adventure-iba-new-zealand on 22/11/2024.