Babel Island Group (Australia) IBA | Details

Babel Island Group

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Little Penguin Eudyptula minor	LC	resident (1986)	33,743 pairs	A4ii
Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris	LC	resident (1986)	3,113,600–3,428,794 pairs	A4ii
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus	LC	resident (1986)	50–62 pairs	A4i

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	most of population/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2000	Cat Island	Conservation Area (VI)	6
2003	Storehouse Island	Conservation Area (VI)	39
2009	Babel Island	Indigenous Protected Area (V)	87

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	100

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 23/12/2024.