South Georgia Marine Protected Area Border North (High Seas)

South Georgia Marine Protected Area Border North

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2018 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
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus	VU	incubation	2002	25,853 breeding pairs	A1
Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans	VU	immature (non-breeding)	2003	559-1,118 individuals	A1, A4ii
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	EN	brood-guard	1993	922-2,499 individuals	A1
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	EN	post-guard	2014-2015	1,493 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	LC	brood-guard	1999	1,616 individuals	A4ii
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	LC	post-guard	1999	1,552-5,819 individuals	A4ii
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus	LC	brood-guard	1999	2,250-9,000 individuals	A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2018) may differ.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Georgia Marine Protected Area Border North (High Seas). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-georgia-marine-protected-area-border-north-iba-high-seas on 22/11/2024.