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[[File:Giant petrel with chicks.jpg|thumb|right|The group is the most important breeding site for Southernsouthern Giantgiant Petrelspetrels]]
 
The '''Elephant Cays''' are a group of small islands lying towards the southern end of [[Falkland Sound]], just to the north-west of [[Speedwell Island]], in the [[Falkland Islands]] of the South [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The group, with a collective area of 248 ha includes Golden Knob, Sandy Cay, West, Southwest and Stinker Islands. It has been identified by [[BirdLife International]] as an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA).
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===Birds===
Birds for which the site is of conservation significance include [[Magellanic Penguinpenguin]]s and [[Striatedstriated Caracaracaracara]]s. The group is also the most important breeding site in the world for [[Southernsouthern Giantgiant Petrelpetrel]]s, of which there are about 11,000 pairs. There are also two small colonies of [[Imperialimperial Shagshag]]s.<ref name=bli>{{cite web |url= http://www.birdlife.org |title= Elephant Cays Group|accessdate=2012-10-05 |work= Important Bird Areas factsheet |first= |last= |publisher= BirdLife International |date= 2012}}</ref>
 
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