Lake Bathurst (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Lake Bathurst This is an IBA in Danger!

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
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis	LC	breeding	1980-2005	421 individuals	A1, A4i
Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis	LC	resident	1980-2005	5,171 individuals	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 (2019) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2019	very unfavourable	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	very poor (< 40%)	very poor (< 40%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes & pools	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	100

Land ownership

Private - leased Crown Land.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Bathurst (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-bathurst-iba-australia on 25/11/2024.