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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
Short-tailed Grasswren Amytornis merrotsyi	NT	resident	-	common	A2, 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 (2016) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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
2013	Ikara-Flinders Ranges	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Callitris forests & woodlands, Casuarina forests & woodlands	major (>10)
Savanna	Eucalypt open woodlands	major (>10)
Shrubland	Acacia shrublands, Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands, Mallee shrublands & woodlands	major (>10)
Grassland	Hummock grasslands, Tussock grasslands	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flinders Ranges (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flinders-ranges-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.