Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA Criteria met: A1, A3, A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 787,362 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2019 | very high | very unfavourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
This large complex wetland supports up to 400,000 waterbirds and more than 1% of the world populations of the following congregatory waterbirds: Black Swan, Freckled Duck, Pink-eared Duck, Grey Teal, Australasian Shoveler, Hardhead, Red-necked Avocet, Black-winged Stilt, Banded Stilt, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Red-capped Plover as well as six biome-restricted species.
Acknowledgements
Richard Johnson drafted an IBA account for Currawinya NP; Richard Kingsford provided count data.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Paroo Floodplain and Currawinya. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 07/02/2023.
