Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA Criteria met: A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 1,223 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2018 | high | unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
These wetlands regularly support more than 1% of the world populations of Chestnut Teal, Red-necked Stint and Pacific Gull.
Acknowledgements
The nomination was prepared by Kevin Wood with assistance from rangers for Parks Victoria (particularly Bernie McCarrick), AWSG for shorebird counts, Friends of the Williamstown Wetlands, Altona Regional Survey Group (Kevin Wood, Richard Leppitt, Mary Burbidge, Glen White, Anneliese Rosenmayer, Mark Barter).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Cheetham and Altona. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 27/01/2023.
