Lake Wollumboola


Country/territory: Australia

IBA criteria met: A4i (2009)
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Area: 648 ha

BirdLife Australia
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2019 near favourable high medium
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Site summary
Lake Wollumboola often supports more than 1% of the estimated world population of Black Swans, and regularly in drought years. When water levels are low it regularly supports 1% of the estimated world population of Chestnut Teal.

Acknowledgements
The nomination was prepared by Joy Pegler in consultation with the Lake Wollumboola Protection Association.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Wollumboola (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-wollumboola-iba-australia on 24/11/2024.