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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata	VU	resident	-	frequent	A1
Carnaby's Black-cockatoo Zanda latirostris	EN	breeding	1998-2008	frequent	A1, A3
Western Rosella Platycercus icterotis	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A3
Blue-breasted Fairywren Malurus pulcherrimus	LC	resident	1998-2008	abundant	A3
Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius	LC	resident	1998-2008	common	A3
Western Yellow Robin Eopsaltria griseogularis	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

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
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1979	Dragon Rocks	Nature Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Heath, Mallee shrublands & woodlands	95
Savanna	Eucalypt open woodlands	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Western Australian State government.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dragon Rocks (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dragon-rocks-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.