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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
Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae	LC	resident	1989-2007	473 breeding pairs	A4i
White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina	LC	resident	1978-1997	19,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris	LC	resident	1975-1995	1,322,000 nests	A4ii
Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens	LC	unknown	1978-1997	247 individuals	A4i
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus	LC	resident	1978-1997	74 breeding pairs	A4i
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus	LC	resident	1978-1997	51 breeding pairs	A4i
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea	LC	unknown	1998-2008	common	A1

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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	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
1999	Little Dog Island	Game Reserve	3
2000	Briggs Islet	Conservation Area	<1
2000	Oyster Rocks	Conservation Area	<1
2009	Great Dog Island	Indigenous Protected Area	13
2011	Vansittart Island	Conservation Area	26
2011	Anderson Islands	Conservation Area	17
2011	Long Island	Conservation Area	13
2011	Little Green Island	Conservation Area	6
2011	Neds Reef	Conservation Area	<1
2011	Ram Island	Conservation Area	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Improved grassland & pasture	major (>10)
Grassland	Tussock grasslands	major (>10)
Shrubland	Closed shrublands & low closed woodlands	minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

Oyster Rocks West (Conservation Area), Oyster Rocks (Conservation Area), Anderson Island (Nature Reserve), Mid Woody Islet (non-allocated Crown Land), Tin Kettle (non-allocated Crown Land, lease), Little Dog Island (Game Reserve and private property leased annually), Great Dog Island (private), Briggs Islet (Conservation Area), Little Green Island (Conservation Area and leasehold), Ram Island (private), Puncheon Island (freehold), Pelican Island (Game Reserve and non-allocated Crown Land),and Vansittart islands(freehold and leasehold).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Franklin Sound Islands (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/franklin-sound-islands-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.