Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 14,343 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2019 | not assessed | not assessed | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
The site supports significant populations of the vulnerable Fairy Tern, probably non-breeding; is a drought refuge for the near-threatened Blue-billed Duck; and sometimes supports more than 1% of the global population of Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Banded Stilt, Red-necked Avocet and Red-capped Plover.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Michael Craig and William Rutherford as compilers and to Bill Russell for his comments.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Peel-Harvey Estuary. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 02/10/2022.
