Albatross Island and Black Pyramid Rock (Australia)

Albatross Island and Black Pyramid Rock

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta	NT	resident	1995-2005	5,000-5,100 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur	LC	resident	1983	30,000-340,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Common Diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix	LC	resident	1983	200,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator	LC	resident	2007	18,731 breeding pairs	A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1999	Albatross Island	Nature Reserve	23
1999	Black Pyramid Rock	Nature Reserve	55

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Hummock grasslands	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Tasmanian State Government with management the responsibility of DPIW.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Albatross Island and Black Pyramid Rock (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/albatross-island-and-black-pyramid-rock-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.