Blue Mud Bay (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Blue Mud Bay

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
Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata	LC	resident	1990-2006	500,000 individuals	A4i
Wandering Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arcuata	LC	resident	1990-2006	40,000 individuals	A4i
Brolga Grus rubicunda	LC	resident	1990-2006	3,000 individuals	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	poor

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
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	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
2006	Laynhapuy - Stage 1	Indigenous Protected Area	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Melaleuca forests & woodlands	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Riverine floodplains	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
other	major (>10)

Land ownership

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Blue Mud Bay (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/blue-mud-bay-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.