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Site description (2014 baseline):
IBA Trigger species: Black-billed Gull, Black-fronted Tern
Besides the trigger species the following species are confirmed or likely to be breeding: Black Shag, Little Shag, White-faced Heron, Black Swan, Canada Goose, Paradise Shelduck, Mallard, Grey Duck, NZ Scaup, Aus-tralasian Harrier, South Island Pied Oystercatcher, Pied Stilt, Banded Dotterel, Spur-winged Plover, Southern Black-backed Gull, NZ Pigeon, NZ Kingfisher, Shining Cuckoo (LC), Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, South Island Fantail, South Island Tomtit, Grey Warbler, Silvereye, Bellbird, Tui, Skylark, Hedge-sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Green-finch, Goldfinch, Redpoll, House Sparrow, Starling, Australian Magpie. Other species recorded: NZ Falcon, White-winged Black Tern.
NB: Yellowhead (EN), Kea (VU), Kaka (EN), Yellow-crowned Parakeet (NT), Long-tailed Cuckoo (LC), Shining Cuckoo, More-pork (LC), South Island Robin (LC), Brown Creeper (LC) and Rifleman (LC) are found in adjacent forest areas (Mount Aspir-ing National Park); these will be included in the IBA network in the next round (i.e. identifying sites triggered primarily by land-, water- and shore- birds).
Glenorchy Lagoon - Wildlife Management Reserve - 45ha - Protected area contained within site
Pt Run 701 (borders the Glenorchy Lagoon) - Conservation Area - 266ha - Protected area overlaps site
Kinloch Foreshore "Reserve" - Conservation Area - 30ha - Protected area overlaps site
Kinloch Wetlands - Conservation Area - 7ha - Protected area contained within site
Dart River - Marginal Strip - 150ha - Protected area contained within site
Woodbine Island Conservation Area - 87ha - Protected area contained within site
Dart Bridge - Conservation Area - 40ha - Protected area contained within site
Dart Beach - Conservation Area - 163ha - Protected area contained within site
Rees River - Marginal Strip - 123ha - Protected area contained within site
Diamond Lake and Lake Reid - Wildlife Management Reserve - 283 - Protected area contained within site
Rees River - Conservation Area - 78ha - Protected area contained within site
The IBA borders and includes areas of the Mount Aspiring National Park, Routeburn Scenic Reserve, Mount Alfred Conservation Area and Recreation Reserve, Lower Dart Conservation Area,
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dart Rees Rivers (New Zealand). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dart-rees-rivers-iba-new-zealand on 22/11/2024.
