Islands North of Port Stewart (Australia)

Islands North of Port Stewart

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Torresian Imperial-pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa	LC	resident	1979-1999	30,000-66,100 individuals	A4ii
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	resident	1981-1995	1,000-2,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	LC	resident	1987-1999	790-3,330 breeding pairs	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1981	Great Barrier Reef	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100
2004	Great Barrier Reef	Marine Park	67
2004	Great Barrier Reef Coast	Marine Park	64
2004	Great Barrier Reef Coast	Marine Park	27
2004	Great Barrier Reef	Marine Park	27
2010	Claremont Isles	National Park	32
2010	Sandbanks	National Park	3

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangroves	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Australian Federal Government with management the responsibility of GBRMPA.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islands North of Port Stewart (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islands-north-of-port-stewart-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.