Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA Criteria met: A1, A2, A3, A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 268,681 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2008 | high | not assessed | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
The floodplains support huge numbers of waterbirds, including more than 1% of the world populations of Magpie Goose (up to 800,000), Wandering Whistling-Duck, Pied Heron, Little Curlew, Eastern Curlew, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Red-necked Avocet. There are also large breeding colonies of over 30,000 mixed waterbirds, a significant population of Bush Stone-curlew and 11 restricted-range or savanna-biome-restricted species.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 26/03/2023.
