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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	1998	571 nests	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1989	9,524 breeding pairs	A4iii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs, Rocky flats & barrens	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: The Watchers. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/11333 on 02/06/2023.