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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
Black-breasted Buttonquail Turnix melanogaster	VU	resident (2007–2008)	uncommon	A1, A2, A3
Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris	LC	resident (2008)	common	A2, A3
Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus	LC	resident (2008)	frequent	A2, A3
Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus	VU	resident (2007)	2–6 birds	A1, A2, A3
Australian Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii	LC	resident (2008)	frequent	A3
Paradise Riflebird Lophorina paradisea	LC	resident (2008)	frequent	A2, A3
Pale-yellow Robin Tregellasia capito	LC	resident (2008)	common	A2

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Energy production and mining	likely in long term (>4 years)	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Most of area (50–90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	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	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Mount Stanley 1	Forest Reserve (VI)	2
-	Elgin Vale	Forest Reserve (VI)	1
-	Yabba 2	Forest Reserve (VI)	<1
-	Conondale 1	Forest Reserve (VI)	2
-	Imbil 2	Forest Reserve (VI)	<1
-	Elgin	Forest Reserve (VI)	1
-	Wrattens	Forest Reserve (VI)	9
-	Jimna	Forest Reserve (VI)	<1
-	Conondale 2	Forest Reserve (VI)	8
-	Yabba 2	Forest Reserve (VI)	1
-	Kandanga	Forest Reserve (VI)	4
1995	Conondale	Resources Reserve (VI)	<1
2006	Maleny	National Park (II)	1
2006	King	Conservation Park (III)	1
2006	Amamoor	National Park (II)	<1
2008	Little Bella	Nature Refuge (VI)	<1
2009	Kenilworth	Forest Reserve (VI)	4
2009	Imbil 1	Forest Reserve (VI)	2
2009	Yabba 2	Forest Reserve (VI)	1
2010	Oakview	National Park (II)	2
2010	Glastonbury	National Park (II)	<1
2010	Glastonbury	Forest Reserve (VI)	<1
2011	Wrattens	National Park (II)	13
2014	Conondale	National Park (II)	4
2014	Wrattens 2	Resources Reserve (VI)	2
2014	King	Conservation Park (III)	1
2014	Wrattens 1	Conservation Park (III)	<1
2014	Conondale 2	Resources Reserve (VI)	<1
2014	Conondale 1	Conservation Park (III)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	major (>10)	Forestry plantations
Forest	major (>10)	Eucalypt open forests; Eucalypt tall open forests; Rainforest & vine thickets
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	minor (<10)	Inland cliffs
Savanna	minor (<10)	Eucalypt open woodlands

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
water management	minor (<10)

Queensland State government.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Conondale Range (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/conondale-range-iba-australia on 24/12/2024.