Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA Criteria met: A1, A2, A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 92,820 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2008 | low | not assessed | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
The IBA regularly supports 150,000 migratory shorebirds, with 11 migratory species and the resident Red-capped Plover present in numbers greater than 1% of the world population. It also supports significant numbers of the near threatened Black-tailed Godwit, Australian Bustard and Black-necked Stork and the restricted-range Dusky Gerygone.
Acknowledgements
Pete Collins, Clive Minton and Roz Jessop provided additional data for the nomination.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Roebuck Bay. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 01/12/2021.
