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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
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea	LC	resident (2003–2007)	750–3,100 birds	A4i
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris	LC	resident (1990–2008)	137–151 birds	A4i
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus	LC	resident (1990–2008)	6–138 birds	A4i
Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus	VU	resident (1984–2008)	171 birds	A1, A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	resident (1999–2008)	12–250 birds	A1, A4i

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	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Climate change and severe weather	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% 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
2000	North East River	Game Reserve (VI)	6
2002	Logan Lagoon	Conservation Area (VI)	12
2002	Sellars Lagoon	Game Reserve (VI)	11
2002	Patriarchs	Conservation Area (VI)	10
2002	Lackrana	Conservation Area (V)	<1
2004	Foochow	Conservation Area (VI)	12
2011	Jacksons Cove	Conservation Area (VI)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Tasmanian State Government with the Conservation Areas managed by the Parks and Wildlife Service; beaches managed by Parks and Wildlife and/or Flinders Island Council.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern Flinders Island (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-flinders-island-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.