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Location New Zealand
Central coordinates 167o 37.53' East  46o 46.55' South
IBA criteria A1, A4ii, A4iii
Area 0 ha
Altitude 0 - 348m
Year of IBA assessment 2010

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc



Populations of IBA trigger species

Species Season Period Population estimate Quality of estimate IBA Criteria IUCN Category
Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus breeding  1992-1993  144 nests  good  A1, A4ii  Vulnerable 
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes breeding  1999-2001  61 nests  good  A1, A4ii  Endangered 
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata breeding  1999  good  A1, A4ii  Near Threatened 
Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii breeding  1996  41 nests  medium  A1  Vulnerable 
South Georgia Diving-petrel Pelecanoides georgicus breeding  1998  64 nests  good    Least Concern 
A4iii Species group - seabirds breeding  1999  good  A4iii   

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