Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA criteria met: A1, A4ii (2009)
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Area: 73 ha
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | Threat (pressure) | Condition (state) | Action (response) |
| 2008 | high | not assessed | not assessed |
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Site summary
Albatross Island & Black Pyramid Rock support about 40% of the world population of Shy Albatross and about 20% of the world population of Australasian Gannet. Numbers of Fairy Prion and Common Diving-Petrel are poorly known but very large.
Acknowledgements
The nomination was prepared by Peter Britton. Aleks Terauds and Sheryl Hamilton kindly supplied data. Rachael Alderman and Rosemary Gales of DPIW kindly commented on the nomination.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Albatross Island and Black Pyramid Rock. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/23986 on 04/06/2023.
