Lakes Ballard and Marmion (Australia) IBA | Details

Lakes Ballard and Marmion

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus	LC	breeding (1973–1995)	50,000 pairs	A4i

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	most of population/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Energy production and mining	likely in long term (>4 years)	some of population/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1978	Goongarrie	National Park (II)	2

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	100	Saline lakes

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

Land ownership

Lake Ballard is unallocated Crown land managed by the Western Australian Department for Planning and Infrastructure. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure and traditional owners have recently agreed to establish a reserve at Lake Ballard (Goldfields Land and Sea Council 2007). Lake Marmion consists of Mendleyarri pastoral lease and part of the national park.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lakes Ballard and Marmion (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lakes-ballard-and-marmion-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.