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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
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus	VU	breeding	-	200,000-900,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri	EN	breeding	-	1,230 breeding pairs	A4ii
Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans	VU	breeding	-	present	A1
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca	EN	breeding	-	present	A1
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	EN	breeding	-	present	A1
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	LC	breeding	-	150 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
MacGillivray's Prion Pachyptila macgillivrayi	CR	breeding	-	20,000-90,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Common Diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix	LC	breeding	-	20,000-90,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata	NT	breeding	-	present	A1
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1984	240,000-1,100,000 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
1924	Antarctique francaise	National Park	100
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: Îles des Apôtres (French Southern Territories). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/îles-des-apôtres-iba-french-southern-territories on 22/11/2024.