Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA criteria met: A1, A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 8,922 hectares (89.22 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2008 | not assessed | high | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site summary
Lake Newland regularly supports more than 1% of the global population of Cape Barren Goose, as dry-season visitors from offshore island breeding grounds, and significant numbers of the vulnerable Fairy Tern and the near threatened Hooded Plover.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Jane Cooper as compiler. Dave Armstrong contributed counts of shorebirds. Department for Environment and Heritage west and Western Eyre Integrated Pest Management Program control foxes across the area.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Newland (Australia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-newland-iba-australia on 22/12/2024.