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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
Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus	NT	breeding	1990-2010	500 mature individuals	A1, A4i
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes	EN	breeding	1992-2011	2,400 mature individuals	A1, A4ii
Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi	EN	breeding	2012	100 mature individuals	A1
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata	NT	breeding	1990-2010	380,000 mature individuals	A1, A4ii
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	breeding	1990-2010	5,000,000 mature individuals	A1, A4ii
Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni	EN	breeding	-	present	A1

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
1905	Waikawa	Scenic Reserve	-
1928	Taieri Island / Moturata	Scenic Reserve	<1
1983	Chrystalls Beach	Scenic Reserve	<1
1987	The Resevoir, Haldane	Stewardship Area	<1
1987	Waikawa Harbour, Niagra	Stewardship Area	<1
1987	Waikawa Harbour	Stewardship Area	<1
1988	Wainono Lagoon Foreshore	Stewardship Area	<1
1998	Taieri Island / Moturata PPL	Conservation Covenant	<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: Southern South Island (offshore) (New Zealand). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/southern-south-island-(offshore)-iba-new-zealand on 22/11/2024.