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title: "Endemic Bird Area islands and ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels"
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# Endemic Bird Area islands and ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels

An Endemic Bird Area ([EBA](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/ebacriteria)**)** is defined by [BirdLife International ](http://www.birdlife.org)as an area which encompasses the overlapping breeding ranges of restricted-range species, such that the complete ranges oftwo or morerestricted-range species are entirely included within the boundary of the EBA.

 Restricted-range species are defined as land birds that since ornithological recording began after 1800 have had a total global breeding range estimated as less than 50 000 km2.

 Following the above criteria, BirdLife International has identified the following island EBAs which support significant populations of ACAP-listed species:

 [Antipodes Islands](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=432)

 [Auckland Islands](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=208)

 [Chatham Islands](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=209)

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Islands/pyramid_chathams_by_david_thompson.jpg "The Pyramid, Chatham Islands, part of an Endemic Bird Area, and home of the Chatham Albatross.  Photograph by David Thompson")

 [Clarion Island](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=307)

 [Crozet and Kerguelen Islands](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=347)

 [Galapagos Islands (Isla Española)](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=43)

 [Laysan Island](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=210)

 [South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)*](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=336)

 [Snares Islands](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=431)

 [Tristan da Cunha Group](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebafactsheet.php?id=86)

 **Selected References:**

 Ryan, P.G. 2008.  Important Bird Areas: Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island.  *British Birds* 101: 586-606.

 [Stattersfield, A.J., Crosby, M.J., Long, A.J. & Wege, D.C. 1998.  *Endemic Bird Areas of the World.  Priorities for biodiversity conservation*.  BirdLife Conservation Series 7.  Cambridge: BirdLife International.](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/pubEBAs)

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 2 August 2011*

 *A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Islas Georgias del Sur y Islas Sandwich del Sur) and the surrounding maritime areas.