BirdLife Data Zone

Buckingham Bay

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Pied Heron Egretta picata	LC	resident	1990-1999	2,000 individuals	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	non-breeding	1990-2002	700 individuals	A4i

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).

IBA Conservation

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	storms and floods	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
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

IBA Protection

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

Habitats

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
other	-

Land ownership

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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.