Current view: Text account
Site description (2014 baseline):
IBA Trigger species: Black-billed Gull, Red-billed Gull, NZ Grebe (Dabchick)
Other species: Most of the following species occur around the fringes of this IBA (as drawn). Some will nest, roost or forage within the IBA. Black Shag, Little Black Shag (90% of NZ Population nesting here at times (G. Taylor pers. comm.), Little Shag, Black Swan, Paradise Shelduck, Mallard, Grey Teal, NZ Shoveler, NZ Scaup, Californian Quail, Aus-tralasian Harrier, (NZ Falcon), Pukeko, Australian Coot, Pied Stilt, Banded Dotterel, Spur-winged Plover, Southern Black-backed Gull, Red-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, Rock Pigeon, Shining Cuckoo, Morepork, NZ Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow, Grey Warbler, NZ Fantail, Silvereye, Bellbird, Tui, Skylark, Hedge Sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Redpoll, House Sparrow, Starling, Common Myna, Australian Magpie.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rotorua Sulphur Point (New Zealand). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rotorua-sulphur-point-iba-new-zealand on 23/12/2024.
