Lake Newland


Country/territory: Australia

IBA criteria met: A1, A4i (2009)
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Area: 8,922 hectares (89.22 km2)

BirdLife Australia
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2008 not assessed high not assessed
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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 23/12/2024.