Central NSW Mallee (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Central NSW Mallee

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata	VU	resident	1985-2008	250-500 individuals	A1
Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis	VU	resident	2006	68 breeding pairs	A1, A2, A3

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

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	near favourable	high	high
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant 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
Whole area of site (>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	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Nombinnie State	Conservation Area	19
1970	Round Hill	Nature Reserve	5
1988	Nombinnie	Nature Reserve	29
2005	Nombinnie	State Conservation Area	18
2015	Yathong	Nature Reserve	43

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Mallee shrublands & woodlands	86
Forest	Eucalypt woodlands	14

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	62
nature conservation and research	33
forestry	5

Land ownership

Mostly privately owned, with some reserves.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Central NSW Mallee (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/central-nsw-mallee-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.