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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
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus	LC	breeding (1999–2006)	6,000–100,000 birds	A4i
Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae	LC	non-breeding (1999–2006)	2,401 birds	A4i
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus	LC	breeding (1999–2006)	24–3,125 birds	A4i
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	VU	non-breeding (1999–2006)	18,392–55,000 birds	A4i
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis	NT	non-breeding (1999–2006)	2,350–25,000 birds	A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	resident (1999–2003)	5–422 birds	A1, A4i
Dusky Gerygone Gerygone tenebrosa	LC	resident (1999–2006)	frequent	A2

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
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Energy production and mining	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

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

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

Land use	% of IBA
energy production and mining	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Unallocated Crown Land and untenured water body under mining lease to Rio Tinto Minerals (Dampier Salt Limited).

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