Buckingham Bay (Australia) IBA | Details

Buckingham Bay

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
Pied Heron Egretta picata	LC	resident (1990–1999)	2,000 birds	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	non-breeding (1990–2002)	700 birds	A4i

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 population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (>4 years)	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

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
2016	Marthakal	Indigenous Protected Area (VI)	90

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Mangroves
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	major (>10)	Riverine floodplains

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
other	major (>10)

Land ownership

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Buckingham Bay (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/buckingham-bay-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.