Lake Barlee


Country/territory: Australia
Subnational region(s): Western Australia

IBA Justification: A4i (2009)

Area: 193,744 hectares (1,937.44 km2)

BirdLife Partner(s): BirdLife Australia

Conservation status of the Important Bird Area (IBA)
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2008 not assessed medium not assessed


Site summary
The IBA has supported one of the largest recorded breeding events of the congregatory Banded Stilt.

Acknowledgements
A. Chapman, J.A.K. Lane, G. Pearson and Roger Jaensch (of Wetlands International) kindly provided data and comments.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Barlee (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-barlee-iba-australia on 06/01/2025.