Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA Criteria met: A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 32,642 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2008 | medium | not assessed | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
The intertidal mudflats of Buckingham Bay support significant numbers of Eastern Curlew, and >20,000 mixed waterbirds. The coastal floodplains also support large numbers of waterbirds including more than 1% of the world's nesting Pied Herons.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Buckingham Bay. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2023.
