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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
Bush Thick-knee Burhinus grallarius	LC	resident	1998-2008	uncommon	A1
Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris	NT	resident	1998-2008	uncommon	A1
Black-breasted Buttonquail Turnix melanogaster	VU	resident	2008	uncommon	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
Mangrove Honeyeater Gavicalis fasciogularis	LC	resident	1998-2008	uncommon	A2
Pale-yellow Robin Tregellasia capito	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A2

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 (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Womalah	Resources Reserve	<1
1992	Fraser Island	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	75
1994	Cooloola (Noosa River)	Resources Reserve	<1
1999	Great Sandy Strait (including Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Bay and Tin Can Inlet)	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	2
2007	Noosa	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	5
2008	Tin Can Inlet	Fish Habitat Area (A)	<1
2009	Great Sandy	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	94
2011	Great Sandy	National Park	100
2014	Cooloola (Noosa River)	Resources Reserve	<1
2014	Womalah	Resources Reserve	<1
2014	Double Island Point	Conservation Park	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangroves, Acacia forests & woodlands, Eucalypt open forests, Eucalypt tall open forests, Melaleuca forests & woodlands, Rainforest & vine thickets	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Shrubland	Heath	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

Queensland government, Cooloola Shire Council and private freehold lands.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cooloola and Fraser Coast (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cooloola-and-fraser-coast-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.