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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
Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius	LC	resident (1998–2008)	uncommon	A1
Tooth-billed Bowerbird Scenopoeetes dentirostris	NT	resident (1998–2008)	common	A2, A3
Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana	NT	resident (1998–2008)	frequent	A2, A3
Lovely Fairywren Malurus amabilis	LC	resident (1998–2008)	uncommon	A2
White-streaked Honeyeater Trichodere cockerelli	LC	resident (1998–2008)	rare	A2
Macleay's Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayanus	LC	resident (1998–2008)	frequent	A2, A3
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Meliphaga notata	LC	resident (1998–2008)	common	A2
Bridled Honeyeater Bolemoreus frenatus	LC	resident (1998–2008)	common	A2, A3
Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis	EN	resident (1998–2008)	common	A2, A3
Atherton Scrubwren Sericornis keri	VU	resident (1998–2008)	frequent	A2, A3
Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina	VU	resident (1998–2008)	abundant	A2, A3
Chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii	LC	resident (1998–2008)	common	A2, A3
Bower's Shrike-thrush Colluricincla boweri	VU	resident (1998–2008)	common	A2, A3
Pied Monarch Arses kaupi	LC	resident (1998–2008)	frequent	A2, A3
Victoria's Riflebird Lophorina victoriae	VU	resident (1998–2008)	common	A2, A3
Pale-yellow Robin Tregellasia capito	LC	resident (1998–2008)	abundant	A2

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
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (>4 years)	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Residential and commercial development	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	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
-	Brooklyn	Private Nature Reserve (II)	2
-	Mount Spurgeon	Forest Reserve (VI)	<1
-	Riflemead 2	Forest Reserve (VI)	<1
-	Riflemead 1	Forest Reserve (VI)	<1
-	Cooper Creek Wilderness Nature Refuge	Other Conservation Area (-)	<1
-	Mount Lewis	Forest Reserve (VI)	5
-	Von Keyserlingk Woodlands Nature Refuge	Other Conservation Area (-)	<1
1988	Wet Tropics of Queensland	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100
1989	Cairns	Marine Park (IV)	1
1994	Black Mountain	National Park (II)	<1
1994	Cedar Bay	National Park (II)	2
1998	Acaciavale	Nature Refuge (VI)	-
2001	Daintree Rainforest	Nature Refuge (VI)	<1
2002	Von Keyserlingk Woodlands	Nature Refuge (VI)	<1
2003	Mungumby Creek	Nature Refuge (VI)	<1
2006	Allanton Hill	Nature Refuge (VI)	<1
2008	Brooklyn	Nature Refuge (VI)	2
2008	Mount Spurgeon	National Park (II)	<1
2009	The Swamp Forest	Nature Refuge (VI)	<1
2011	Ngalba Bulal	National Park (II)	12
2011	Mount Lewis	National Park (II)	10
2013	Daintree	National Park (II)	29
2013	Eastern Kuku Yalanji	Indigenous Protected Area (V)	13
2013	Eastern Kuku Yalanji	Indigenous Protected Area (V)	7
2014	Mount Windsor	National Park (II)	8
2014	Mowbray	National Park (II)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	100	Mangroves; Rainforest & vine thickets

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Queensland State Government - Dept of NPWS.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Daintree (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/daintree-iba-australia on 22/12/2024.