Bedout Island (Australia) IBA | Details

Bedout Island

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
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	LC	resident (1972–1984)	900–2,289 pairs	A4ii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	resident (1972–1984)	1,000–10,700 pairs	A4ii

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	likely in long term (>4 years)	whole of population/area (>90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high

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
1975	Bedout Island	Nature Reserve (Ia)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Western Australian State Government with management by Dept of Environment & Conservation.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bedout Island (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bedout-island-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.