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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps	LC	breeding	2005	present	A2
Falkland Steamerduck Tachyeres brachypterus	LC	breeding	2005	present	A2
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	LC	breeding	2000-2001	2,813 breeding pairs	A1
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome	VU	breeding	2000-2001	484 breeding pairs	A1
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus	LC	breeding	2000-2001	abundant	A1
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus	LC	breeding	1998	25 breeding pairs	A1
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	breeding	1998	present	A1
Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis	NT	breeding	1998	10 breeding pairs	A1, A2
Blackish Cinclodes Cinclodes antarcticus	NT	breeding	2005	abundant	A2
Cobb's Wren Troglodytes cobbi	LC	breeding	2005	abundant	A1, A2
White-bridled Finch Melanodera melanodera	LC	breeding	2005	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Sea Lion Island	Nature Reserve	76
2001	Sea Lion Island	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	87

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sea Lion Islands Group (Falkland Islands (Malvinas)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sea-lion-islands-group-iba-falkland-islands-(malvinas) on 22/11/2024.