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The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	LC	breeding	2005	2,500-5,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae	LC	breeding	2005	8,000-15,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus	LC	breeding	2005	1,500,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus	VU	breeding	2005	55,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Black-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica	LC	breeding	2005	1,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus	LC	breeding	2005	2,000-4,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides	LC	breeding	2005	70,000-110,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Cape Petrel Daption capense	LC	breeding	2005	8,000-9,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica	LC	breeding	2005	700-1,000 breeding pairs	A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Sandwich Islands (South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-sandwich-islands-iba-south-georgia-&-the-south-sandwich-islands on 22/11/2024.