Coringa-Herald Reefs (Australia) IBA | Details

Coringa-Herald Reefs

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
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda	LC	resident (1992–2007)	389–450 pairs	A4ii
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica	LC	resident (2001–2003)	9,500–19,500 pairs	A4ii
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel	LC	resident (1992–2007)	1,000–2,150 pairs	A4ii
Red-footed Booby Sula sula	LC	resident (1992–2007)	3,364–3,940 pairs	A4ii
Black Noddy Anous minutus	LC	resident (1992–2007)	10,000–22,000 pairs	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 (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (>4 years)	whole of population/area (>90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	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
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1982	Coringa-Herald	National Nature Reserve (Ia)	100
2012	Coral Sea	Commonwealth Marine Reserve (II)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Other forests & woodlands
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)	Other shrublands

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Australian Federal Government managed by the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Coringa-Herald Reefs (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/coringa-herald-reefs-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.