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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
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes	EN	breeding	2011	211 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus	VU	breeding	2011	211 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Nugget Point Islands	Stewardship Area	<1
1987	Waipati Estuary	Stewardship Area	<1
1990	Kinakina Island	Scenic Reserve	<1
2004	Nugget Point Scenic	Scenic Reserve	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Otago (offshore) (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-otago-(offshore)-iba-new-zealand on 26/11/2024.