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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	1989	present	A2
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	LC	breeding	1989	7,500 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome	VU	breeding	1989	35,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	LC	breeding	1989	1,815 breeding pairs	A1
Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans	VU	breeding	-	present	A1
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	EN	breeding	1989	7,860 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	LC	breeding	-	present	A1
Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata	NT	breeding	-	present	A1
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1989	18,000-67,000 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	65

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Îles Nuageuses and Île Clugny (French Southern Territories). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/îles-nuageuses-and-île-clugny-iba-french-southern-territories on 22/11/2024.