Lake Argyle


Country/territory: Australia

IBA criteria met: A1, A4i (2009)
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Area: 94,326 ha

BirdLife Australia
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2008 not assessed medium not assessed
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Site summary
Lake Argyle, Australia's largest artificial lake, supports around 150,000 waterbirds including 12 species in internationally significant numbers. The IBA includes the surrounding mud flats and grasslands, which support internationally significant numbers of eight wader species and large numbers of Australian Bustards (Near Threatened).


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Argyle (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-argyle-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.