Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 62,301 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2008 | medium | not assessed | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
Western Port regularly supports small numbers of the critically endangered Orange-bellied Parrot, declining numbers of the vulnerable Fairy Tern, and more than 1% of the world population of Eastern Curlew, Red-necked Stint and Pied Oystercatcher.
Acknowledgements
BOCA kindly gave access to their long-term bird monitoring database. Richard Lyon - Arthur Rylah Institute of Environmental Research; Janet Holmes - DSE and Peter Dann provided expert advice during preparation of the nomination.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Western Port. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2023.
