Lake Woods (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Lake Woods

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
Plumed Whistling-duck Dendrocygna eytoni	LC	resident	1993	27,000 individuals	A4i

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	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1985	Longreach Waterhole Protected Area	Conservation Covenant	7
2009	Lake Woods	Conservation Covenant	74

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Introduced vegetation		major (>10)
Savanna	Eucalypt open woodlands	major (>10)
Shrubland	Other shrublands	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral	major (>10)
Forest	Other forests & woodlands	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	92
nature conservation and research	8

Land ownership

Two pastoral leasehold properties (Powell Creek and Newcastle Waters) managed by Consolidated Pastoral. Longreach Waterhole Protected Area is managed as a reserve by Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory in cooperation with the pastoral lease managers.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Woods (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-woods-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.