Data Zone
Country/territory: New Zealand
IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iii (2014)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 9,558 hectares (95.58 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2014 | not assessed | high | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Key biodiversity
IBA Trigger species: Black-billed Gull, NZ Dotterel, Wrybill, South Island Pied Oystercatcher (Species group - Shorebirds A4iii), Australasian Bittern
Black Stilt (CR) A1 (non breeding - incl. hybrids) occasional visitor
Other species: Besides the trigger species the following are confirmed or likely to be breeding or resident: Australasian Gannet, Black Shag, Pied Shag, Little Shag, Little Black Shag, Spotted Shag, White-faced Heron, White Heron, Reef Heron, Black Swan, Canada Goose, Paradise Shelduck, Mallard, (Grey Duck), Grey Teal, NZ Shoveler, Australasian Har-rier, Rock Pigeon, Barbary Dove, Spotted Dove, Eastern Rosella, Banded Rail, Pukeko, Variable Oystercatcher, Pied Stilt, Banded Dotterel, Black-fronted Dotterel, Spur-winged Plover, Southern Black-backed Gull, Red-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, White-fronted Tern, NZ Pigeon, Shining Cuckoo, Morepork, NZ Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, North Island Fern-bird, Grey Warbler, NZ Fantail, Silvereye, Tui, Skylark, Hedge Sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Starling, Common Myna, Australian Magpie. Other species recorded: Royal Spoon-bill, Cattle Egret, Mongolian Dotterel, Pacific Golden Plover, Turnstone, Curlew Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Far-eastern Curlew, Asiatic Whimbrel, Great Knot, Grey Plover, Red (Lesser) Knot, Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit, Asiatic Black-tailed Godwit, Hudsonian Godwit, Grey-tailed (Siberian) Tattler, Semi-palmated Plover, Terek Sandpiper, Arctic Skua, Pomarine Skua, Gull-billed Tern, Little Tern.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Firth of Thames (New Zealand). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/firth-of-thames-iba-new-zealand on 23/12/2024.