Booby Island (Kimberley) (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Booby Island (Kimberley)

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
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	resident	1986-2003	1,000-2,000 breeding pairs	A4ii

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	low	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
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

Land ownership

The island is unallocated Crown land with the management the responsibility of the WA Dept of Environment & Conservation.

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