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Sims Island


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2015 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (2012) 14,784 breeding pairs A4iii


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sims Island (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sims-island-iba-antarctica on 08/01/2025.