Betsey Island (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Betsey Island

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	1985-1999	15,085 breeding pairs	A4ii
Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris	LC	resident	1985-1999	130,000-170,000 nests	A4ii
Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens	LC	resident	1999-2003	232 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	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	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
1999	Betsey Island	Nature Reserve	98

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Eucalypt woodlands	major (>10)
Shrubland	Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands	minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

State Government Nature Reserve

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Betsey Island (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/betsey-island-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.