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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	LC	resident (1981–2002)	12,000 birds	A4i
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus	LC	non-breeding (1981–1998)	20–20,000 birds	A4i
Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus	VU	resident (1995–2002)	1,570 birds	A1, A4i

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1963	Unnamed WA26885	Nature Reserve (Ia)	22
1974	Unnamed WA32419	Nature Reserve (Ia)	42
2010	Unnamed WA50792	5(1)(h) Reserve (II)	10

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Western Australian State government with management the responsibility of DEC and some private ownership (freehold).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Gore System (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-gore-system-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.