Booby Island (Kimberley) (Australia) IBA | Details

Booby Island (Kimberley)

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
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	resident (1986–2003)	1,000–2,000 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	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	few individuals/small area (<10%)	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

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	100

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 23/12/2024.