Kidney Island
Kidney Island
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Kidney Island (
tussac grass. Its wildlife includes penguins and sea lions. It is one of only three places in the archipelago where king penguins breed; the others are Saunders Island and Volunteer Point
on East Falkland.
History
During the
Islas Malvinas GC82, an Argentine Z-28 type naval patrol boat was damaged near the island by a Westland Lynx HAS.Mk.2/3 helicopter from HMS Alacrity. The helicopter was also badly hit by return fire from the Argentine armed coaster ARA Forrest.[2][3]
Important Bird Area
Kidney Island, together with the nearby and much smaller Cochon Island, has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA). Birds for which the site is of conservation significance include Falkland steamer ducks (15 breeding pairs), southern rockhopper penguins (500 pairs), Magellanic penguins, white-chinned petrels (1000 pairs), sooty shearwaters, blackish cinclodes and Cobb's wrens.[4]
References
- ^ "PCGN.org.uk" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
- ^ HMS Alacrity
- ISBN 950-742-976-X(in Spanish) pp. 144-145
- ^ "Kidney Island". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
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