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Taylor Rookery


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2015 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 List Season (year[s] of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri NT breeding (1988–2010) 2,927 pairs A4ii

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2015 Taylor Rookery Antarctic Specially Protected Area (Ia) 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Taylor Rookery (Antarctica). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/taylor-rookery-iba-antarctica on 18/12/2024.