Lake MacLeod (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Lake MacLeod

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

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	low	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
Energy production and mining	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Forest	Mangroves	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

Land ownership

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

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 23/11/2024.