Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA criteria met: A1, A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 130,085 hectares (1,300.85 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
The IBA regularly supports the critically endangered Orange-bellied Parrot, the endangered Australasian Bittern, the vulnerable Fairy Tern, and more than 1% of the world population of Cape Barren Goose, Australian Shelduck, Great Cormorant and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper amongst about 100,000 waterbirds in 2007.
Acknowledgements
Simon Brealey helped draft the nomination. Richard Kingsford and John Porter (University of New South Wales) kindly provided aerial waterbird data, which was funded by Murray Darling Basin Commission (through Lex Cogle). Andrew Black summarised information in Eckert (2000).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lakes Alexandrina and Albert (Australia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lakes-alexandrina-and-albert-iba-australia on 22/12/2024.