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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	1930-2013	600-1,000 individuals	A1, A4ii
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes	EN	breeding	1930-2013	1,000-1,500 individuals	A1, A4i
Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi	EN	non-breeding	1935-2013	present	A1
Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii	VU	breeding	1934-2011	9,000-18,000 individuals	A1, A4ii
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata	NT	breeding	1931-2011	min 573,000 individuals	A1, A4ii
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	breeding	1930-2013	5,600,000-7,625,000 individuals	A1, A4ii
Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus	VU	breeding	1930-2013	2,600-4,500 individuals	A1, A4i

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1903	Port Adventure	Scenic Reserve	<1
1907	Native Island	Scenic Reserve	<1
1907	Port Adventure Island	Scenic Reserve	<1
1907	Lords River Islands	Scenic Reserve	<1
1919	Islands In Paterson Inlet	Scenic Reserve	<1
1926	Nature Reserve - Bench Island	Nature Reserve	<1
1958	Whero Rock	Nature Reserve	<1
1965	Pig Island	Scenic Reserve	<1
1987	Omaui Island	Stewardship Area	<1
1987	Bluff	Stewardship Area	<1
1987	Lonnekers Rock	Stewardship Area	-
1987	The Neck	Stewardship Area	<1
1987	Bobs Point	Stewardship Area	<1
2004	Ulva Island - Te Wharawhara	Marine Reserve	<1
2005	Mokomoko	Scenic Reserve	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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