Franklin Sound Islands


Country/territory: Australia

IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, A4ii (2009)
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Area: 1,725 ha

BirdLife Australia
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2008 not assessed high not assessed
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Site summary
These small islands support more than 1% of the world population of Cape Barren Goose, White-faced Storm-Petrel, Short-tailed Shearwater, Black-faced Cormorant, Sooty Oystercatcher and Pacific Gull and may still have nesting Fairy Tern (vulnerable). The near threatened Flame Robin has been reported.

Acknowledgements
Greg Hocking of DPIW supplied the data on goose numbers and distribution. Rachael Alderman & Rosemary Gales of DPIW kindly commented on the nomination.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Franklin Sound Islands. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/franklin-sound-islands-iba-australia on 19/03/2024.