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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis	LC	breeding	1995	12,300 individuals	A4i
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus	LC	breeding	1993	5,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1995	3,250 individuals	A4i

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

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - agro-industry grazing, ranching or farmin	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-

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

Four pastoral leasehold properties (Anthony Lagoon, Rockhampton Downs, Brunchilly and Eva Downs) managed by companies including Australian Agricultural Company and Heytesbury Beef.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tarrabool Lake-Eva Downs Swamp System. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/24838 on 10/06/2023.