Rangiauria Pitt Island (New Zealand) IBA | Details

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Rangiauria Pitt Island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Chatham Islands Shag Leucocarbo onslowi	CR	breeding (1997–2011)	min 15 nests	A1, A4i
Pitt Island Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni	EN	breeding (1961–2011)	110–144 nests	A1, A4i
Chatham Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis	EN	resident (2009)	12 pairs	A1, A4i

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

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 population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Waipaua	Stewardship Area (III)	46
1993	Waipaua	Scenic Reserve (III)	25
1993	Canister Cove	Scenic Reserve (III)	21
1993	Rangiauria	Scenic Reserve (III)	1
1999	Ellen Elizabeth Preece	Conservation Covenant (IV)	2

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)
Introduced vegetation	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)

Land ownership

The sites are on private land with access controlled by landowners

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rangiauria Pitt Island (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rangiauria-pitt-island-iba-new-zealand on 24/12/2024.