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.
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