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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
Black-breasted Buttonquail Turnix melanogaster	VU	resident	1970-2008	500-750 individuals	A1, A2, A3
Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris	LC	resident	1998-2008	common	A2, A3
Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A2, A3
Australian Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii	LC	resident	1998-2008	rare	A3
Paradise Riflebird Lophorina paradisea	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A2, A3

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 (2016) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	Unknown	Unknown	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Mount Binga	Forest Reserve	<1
1998	Bunya Mountains	Conservation Park	<1
2006	Tarong	National Park	2
2006	Mount Binga	National Park	2
2006	Benarkin	National Park	<1
2006	Pidna	National Park	<1
2008	The Palms	National Park	<1
2014	Bunya Mountains	National Park	19
2014	Bunya Mountains	Conservation Park	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	major (>10)
Forest	Acacia forests & woodlands, Eucalypt open forests, Rainforest & vine thickets	major (>10)
Grassland	Tussock grasslands	minor (<10)
Introduced vegetation		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)

Queensland Government.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bunya Mountains and Yarraman (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bunya-mountains-and-yarraman-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.