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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
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea	LC	resident	2001-2006	562-1,764 individuals	A4i
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris	LC	resident	2000-2005	531-914 individuals	A4i
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus	LC	resident	2000-2005	160-400 individuals	A4i
Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus	VU	resident	1986-1998	22-35 individuals	A1
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	non-breeding	2001-2005	552-1,971 individuals	A4i
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis	NT	non-breeding	2001-2005	12,663-22,720 individuals	A4i
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus	LC	resident	2001-2006	204-543 individuals	A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	resident	1998-2008	20-50 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster	CR	non-breeding	2004	2 individuals	A1

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
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible 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
1982	Corner Inlet	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	93
1986	Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Park	National Parks Act Schedule 4 park or reserve	42
1997	Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park	National Parks Act Schedule 4 park or reserve	41
2002	Corner Inlet	Marine National Park	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Forest	Mangroves	minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Shrubland	Other shrublands	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

Victorian State Government - 58,670 hectares of parks and reserves including Corner Inlet and Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Parks (within the Corner Inlet Marine & Coastal Park is the Marine National Park of 1550 hectares); 6,473 hectares - other public land; 1,824 hectares - freehold land (Dog, Little Dog, Bullock, Hunter & Sunday Islands). The public lands are managed as follows:- the parks & reserves by Parks Victoria, foreshores at Port Welshpool & Port Albert by Committees of Management, port facilities by Gippsland Ports and the shipping channels by NRE.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Corner Inlet (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/corner-inlet-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.