Lake Eyre (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Lake Eyre

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
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus	LC	breeding	1984-2000	104,000 individuals	A4i
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus	LC	breeding	1984-2000	78,874 individuals	A4i
Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae	LC	breeding	1977-2004	95,600 individuals	A4i
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata	VU	non-breeding	1970-1990	7,000 individuals	A4i
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis	NT	non-breeding	1974-1984	12,000 individuals	A4i
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae	LC	breeding	1974-2000	25,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	1976-1990	9,000 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 (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	good

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%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

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
1972	Elliot Price	Conservation Park	5
2014	Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre	National Park	94

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral, Saline lakes	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

South Australian Government with management the responsibility of the Department for Environment and Heritage.

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