Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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 |
| European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
8,135–13,454 pairs |
B1ii, B3, C2, C6 |
| Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
561–1,077 pairs |
B2 |
| Northern Gannet Morus bassanus |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
28,799 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B3, C3 |
| A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
breeding (1999–2001) |
20,000-49,999 |
A4iii, C4 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| tourism/recreation |
60 |
| not utilised |
40 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: The Skelligs: Great Skellig and Little Skellig (Ireland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/the-skelligs:-great-skellig-and-little-skellig-iba-ireland on 24/12/2024.
