Babel Island Group (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Babel Island Group

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
Little Penguin Eudyptula minor	LC	resident	1986	33,743 breeding pairs	A4ii
Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris	LC	resident	1986	3,113,600-3,428,794 breeding pairs	A4ii
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus	LC	resident	1986	50-62 breeding pairs	A4i

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
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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
2000	Cat Island	Conservation Area	6
2003	Storehouse Island	Conservation Area	39
2009	Babel Island	Indigenous Protected Area	87

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	major (>10)

Land ownership

Cat Island and Storehouse Island are Conservation Areas; Babel Island is owned by the Tasmanian Aboriginal community.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Babel Island Group (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/babel-island-group-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.