Current view: Data table and detailed info
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:
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 |
medium |
not assessed |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
unset |
medium |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
Forest |
minor (<10) |
Mangroves |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
minor (<10) |
|
Shrubland |
minor (<10) |
Other shrublands |
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.
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 06/12/2024.