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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
Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris	LC	resident (-)	390,000 nests	A4ii

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	whole of popul­ation/area (>90%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Transportation and service corridors	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1999	Curtis Island	Nature Reserve (Ia)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	major (>10)	Tussock grasslands
Shrubland	minor (<10)	Other shrublands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

Owned by the Tasmanian State Government and managed by the Department of Primary Industries and Water.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Curtis Island (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/curtis-island-iba-australia on 29/12/2024.