Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).
IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2008
not assessed
medium
not assessed
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
yes
unset
poor
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Marthakal
Indigenous Protected Area
323,047
protected area overlaps with site
0
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)
Riverine floodplains
-
Forest
Mangroves
-
Marine Intertidal
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
other
-
xxx
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Buckingham Bay. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/buckingham-bay-iba-australia on 01/12/2023.