Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007
Populations of IBA trigger speciesNote: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Portland Bight Wetlands and Cays | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 24,542 | protected area contained by site | 24,542 |
Portland Bight | Protected Area | 197,320 | protected area contains site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|---|
Forest | Mangrove | - |
Shrubland | Arid lowland scrub, Scrub | - |
Coastline | - | |
Marine Neritic | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|
rangeland/pastureland | - |
water management | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
hunting | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Portland Ridge and Bight. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 23/03/2023.