Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA Criteria met: A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 42,316 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2019 | very high | very unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
The IBA has supported 222,000 waterbirds including more than 1% of the global populations of the congregatory Freckled Duck, Grey Teal, Pink-eared Duck, Red-necked Avocet, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Red-capped Plover, but numbers have been much lower in recent years.
Acknowledgements
Richard Kingsford provided data and comments.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Menindee Lakes. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 06/12/2022.
