Current view: Data table and detailed info
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'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).
IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2008
not assessed
low
not assessed
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
yes
unset
medium
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
Other artificial wetlands
-
Marine Intertidal
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
energy production and mining
-
Crown Land under mining lease to Dampier Salt Limited (Rio Tinto Minerals); also some unallocated Crown Land.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Port Hedland Saltworks. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/port-hedland-saltworks-iba-australia on 05/10/2023.