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The site was identified as important in 2017 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
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2017	7,836-34,105 breeding pairs	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2017) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1966	Lynch Island, South Orkney Islands	Specially Protected Area	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Oceanic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Signy Island - Marine (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/signy-island--marine-iba-antarctica on 26/11/2024.