Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA criteria met: A2, A3, A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 924,236 hectares (9,242.36 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2020 | very poor | very high | very low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site summary
When flooded this site holds several hundred thousand waterbirds (as estimated in the Qld section in 2001) and over 1% of the population of Red-necked Avocet, Pink-eared Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Grey Teal, and perhaps most significantly Freckled Duck. It contains the entire population of a subspecies of the (range-restricted) Grey Grasswren.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Ian McAllan and Chris Brandis-NSW Bird Atlassers for drafting the nomination, to Ian McAllan and Dick Cooper for organising a NSW Bird Atlasser expedition to further assess the distribution of the Grey Grasswren in 1988, to the land-owners of the IBA and to Roger Jaensch (of Wetlands international) for comments.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bulloo Floodplain (Australia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bulloo-floodplain-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.