Manukau Harbour (44584)
New Zealand, Australasia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: A1a, A1b, A1c, B1, B2, D1a
Year of last assessment: 2014
National site name: Manukau Harbour
Central coordinates: Latitude: -37.0700, Longitude: 174.7225
System: marine, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 0 to 5
Area of KBA (km2): 374.63229
Protected area coverage (%): 0.02
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for at least one criterion described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs.
Additional biodiversity: IBA Trigger species: Black-billed Gull, NZ Dotterel, Wrybill, SI Pied Oystercatcher, NZ Grebe Other species: Besides the trigger species the following are confirmed or likely to be breeding or resident: Black Shag, Pied Shag, Little Shag, Little Black Shag, White-faced Heron, Reef Heron, Black Swan, Canada Goose, Paradise Shelduck, (Grey Duck), Mallard, Grey Teal, NZ Shoveler, NZ Scaup, Australasian Harrier, Banded Rail, Pukeko, Variable Oys-tercatcher, Pied Stilt, Banded Dotterel, Black-fronted Dotterel, Spur-winged Plover, Southern Black-backed Gull, Red-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, White-fronted Tern, NZ Pigeon, Rock Pigeon, Barbary Dove, Spotted Dove, Eastern Rosella, Shining Cuckoo, Morepork, NZ Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, North Island Fernbird, Grey Warbler, NZ Fantail, Silvereye, Tui, Skylark, Hedge Sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Starling, Common Myna, Australian Magpie. Other species recorded: Australasian Gannet, White Heron, Cattle Egret, Royal Spoonbill, Mongolian Dotterel, Pacific Gold-en Plover, Turnstone, Curlew Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Far-eastern Curlew, Asiatic Whimbrel, Great Knot, Grey Plover, Red (Lesser) Knot, Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit, Asiatic Black-tailed Godwit, Grey-tailed (Siberian) Tattler, Semi-palmated Plover, Terek Sandpiper, Arctic Skua, Little Tern.
Habitats
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Neritic | 19 | |
| Forest | 5 | |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal | 19 | |
| Artificial - Aquatic | 19 | |
| Shrubland | 19 | |
| Marine Intertidal | 19 |