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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
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia	CR	resident	1990-2007	10-100 individuals	A1
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata	VU	resident	1990-2008	uncommon	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2020) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Savanna	poor (40-69%)	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Rockview	Private Nature Reserve	1
1979	Linton	Nature Reserve	<1
1988	Ironbark	Nature Reserve	<1
1999	Stony Batter Creek	Nature Reserve	<1
2010	Warrabah	National Park	1
2011	Hobden Hill	CCA Zone 1 National Park	<1
2011	Mount Yarrowyck	Nature Reserve	<1
2011	Woodsreef	CCA Zone 3 State Conservation Area	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Improved grassland & pasture	major (>10)
Savanna	Eucalypt open woodlands	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

Combination of Leasehold, freehold, nature reserves and Crown Land. Crown Land is managed by The Rural Lands Protection Board and nature reserves by NPWS.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bundarra-Barraba (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bundarra-barraba-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.