Discovery Bay to Piccaninnie Ponds (Australia) IBA | Details

Discovery Bay to Piccaninnie Ponds

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus	VU	resident (2007–2008)	2–3 pairs	A1
Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus	VU	resident (2000–2006)	15–51 birds	A1
Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster	CR	non-breeding (1979–2007)	17 birds	A1, A3
Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti	LC	resident (1998–2008)	frequent	A2, A3
Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus	LC	resident (1998–2008)	uncommon	A3

IBA Conservation

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	good

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 population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Glenelg River	Heritage River (V)	2
1997	Discovery Bay Coastal Park	Conservation Park (III)	91
2010	Piccaninnie Ponds	Conservation Park (VI)	5
2018	Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ramsar Site	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance (II)	87

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

Land ownership

South Australian and Victorian State governments (Parks Victoria, Department for Environment and Heritage) and private holdings.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Discovery Bay to Piccaninnie Ponds (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/discovery-bay-to-piccaninnie-ponds-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.