Carnac Island (Perth) (Australia) IBA | Details

Carnac Island (Perth)

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
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	breeding (2008)	50–100 birds	A1, 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 (2019) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2019	good	medium	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Shrubland	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	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
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1963	Carnac Island	Nature Reserve (Ia)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Introduced vegetation	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)	Acacia shrublands; Other shrublands
Marine Intertidal	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Western Australian State Government with management the responsibility of WA DEC.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Carnac Island (Perth) (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/carnac-island-(perth)-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.