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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
Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens	LC	resident (1967–1979)	500–750 pairs	A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	breeding (1997)	frequent	A1

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
No known threats	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% 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
1991	Goose Island	Conservation Park (III)	100
2007	Goose Island	Aquatic Reserve (II)	51
2009	Eastern Spencer Gulf	Marine Park (II)	51
2009	Eastern Spencer Gulf	Marine Park (II)	49

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Introduced vegetation	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)	Other shrublands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

South Australian State Government with management the responsibility of the Department for Environment and Heritage.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Goose Island (Spencer Gulf) (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/goose-island-(spencer-gulf)-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.