Solander Islands (New Zealand) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Solander Islands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus	NT	breeding	1948-1993	58-155 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri	NT	breeding	1948-2002	1,816-5,333 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Common Diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix	LC	breeding	1986	100,000-499,999 breeding pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1986	100,000-499,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

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	high	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 area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1978	Fiordland National Park	National Park	100

Habitats

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Solander Islands (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/solander-islands-iba-new-zealand on 23/11/2024.