Greater Blue Mountains


Country/territory: Australia

IBA criteria met: A1, A2, A3, A4ii (2009)
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Area: 1,040,407 hectares (10,404.07 km2)

BirdLife Australia
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2019 good high not assessed
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Site summary
This IBA supports a high proportion of the world population of the restricted-range Rockwarbler as well as populations of the near threatened Flame Robin and Diamond Firetail, the restricted-range Pilotbird and regular occurrences of the endangered Regent Honeyeater. It is a migration bottleneck for the Yellow-faced Honeyeater.

Acknowledgements
Thanks to Carol Probets as compiler.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Greater Blue Mountains (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/greater-blue-mountains-iba-australia on 22/12/2024.