Exmouth Gulf Mangroves (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Exmouth Gulf Mangroves

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris	LC	resident	2005	196 individuals	A4i
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes	LC	non-breeding	2005	3,184 individuals	A4i
Dusky Gerygone Gerygone tenebrosa	LC	resident	2005	common	A2

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

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	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Tent Island	Nature Reserve	5
1993	Burnside And Simpson Island	Nature Reserve	<1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangroves	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

Land ownership

Crown Land, private (= Yanrey Station pastoral lease), state government (Giralia Station and the two nature reserves managed by Department of Environment and Conservation).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Exmouth Gulf Mangroves (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/exmouth-gulf-mangroves-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.