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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
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris	LC	resident	1985-2007	992 individuals	A4i
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus	LC	resident	1985-2007	1,649 individuals	A4i
Charadrius mongolus	NR	non-breeding	1985-2007	8,461 individuals	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	non-breeding	1985-2007	12,803 individuals	A4i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	non-breeding	1985-2007	43,987 individuals	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	non-breeding	1985-2007	5,612 individuals	A4i
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis	NT	non-breeding	1985-2007	8,100 individuals	A4i
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes	LC	non-breeding	1985-2007	11,275 individuals	A4i
Mangrove Honeyeater Gavicalis fasciogularis	LC	resident	1985-2008	common	A2

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	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

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
1900	Hervey Bay - Tin Can Bay	Dugong Protection Area (A)	73
1992	Fraser Island	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	12
1995	Great Sandy	Conservation Park	1
1999	Great Sandy Strait (including Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Bay and Tin Can Inlet)	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	96
2006	Great Sandy	Marine Park	79
2008	Maaroom	Fish Habitat Area (A)	27
2008	Kauri Creek	Fish Habitat Area (A)	8
2008	Tin Can Inlet	Fish Habitat Area (A)	2
2009	Great Sandy	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
2009	Susan River	Fish Habitat Area (A)	5
2011	Great Sandy	National Park	6
2014	Great Sandy 1	Conservation Park	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		60
Forest	Mangroves	20
Marine Neritic		20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

Maryborough City, Hervey Bay, Tiaro and Cooloola Shire Councils. They are responsible for managing roosts on most of the freehold and leasehold land on the mainland. Queensland Environmental Protection Agency is the management agency for the islands in the Great Sandy Strait within national parks. The Defence Department owns a large parcel of land in the SW of the Great Sandy Strait.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Great Sandy Strait (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/great-sandy-strait-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.