Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2019 | high | very unfavourable | medium |
For more information about IBA monitoring please click here |
Site summary
These lakes have supported more than 1% of the world populations of 12 species of waterbird and shorebird but data are sparse. It also supports populations of the vulnerable Australian Painted Snipe, the near threatened Blue-billed Duck, the restricted-range Eyrean Grasswren and five species restricted to the arid biome.
Acknowledgements
Richard Kingsford, Julian Reid and Roger Jaensch provided data and advice.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Coongie Lakes. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 30/01/2023.