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The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Southern Pintail Anas eatoni	VU	resident	1984	present	A2
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus	LC	breeding	1984	100,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	LC	breeding	1984	2,000-9,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus	VU	breeding	1984	200,000-900,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome	VU	breeding	1984	93,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus	LC	breeding	1984	20,000-90,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Grey-backed Storm-petrel Garrodia nereis	LC	breeding	1984	200-900 breeding pairs	A4ii
Black-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica	LC	breeding	1984	2,000-9,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans	VU	breeding	1984	329 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca	EN	breeding	1984	1,300 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata	NT	breeding	1984	900-1,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	EN	breeding	1984	3,750 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	LC	breeding	1984	190 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus	LC	breeding	1984	323 breeding pairs	A4ii
Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea	LC	breeding	1984	20,000-90,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur	LC	breeding	1984	20,000-90,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
MacGillivray's Prion Pachyptila macgillivrayi	CR	breeding	1984	1,000,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris	LC	breeding	1984	20,000-90,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis	LC	breeding	1984	20,000-90,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera	LC	breeding	1984	20,000-90,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea	NT	breeding	1984	2,000-9,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis	VU	breeding	1984	20,000-90,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Common Diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix	LC	breeding	1984	2,000,000-3,000,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
South Georgia Diving-petrel Pelecanoides georgicus	LC	breeding	1984	1,000,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps	LC	breeding	1984	110-120 breeding pairs	A4i
Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata	NT	breeding	1984	110 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica	LC	breeding	1984	200-900 breeding pairs	A4ii
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1984	4,500,000-6,700,000 breeding pairs	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2006	Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres australes françaises/Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres australes françaises (Périmètre de protection de la )	Réserve Naturelle Nationale	100
2008	Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Française	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Île de l'Est (French Southern Territories). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/île-de-lest-iba-french-southern-territories on 22/11/2024.