Limmen Bight (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Limmen Bight

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
Chestnut Rail Eulabeornis castaneoventris	LC	resident	2008	frequent	A2
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	resident	1990-2006	14,000 individuals	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	non-breeding	1983	21,400 individuals	A4i
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes	LC	non-breeding	1990-2002	500 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 (2019) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2019	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	Unknown	Very little or no conservation action taking place	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2012	Limmen	National Park	13
2016	South-East Arnhem Land	Indigenous Protected Area	45

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Shrubland	Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
other	major (>10)

Land ownership

Arnhemland and Marra ALT; may also include some of Saint Vidgeon, Nathan River and Lorella pastoral leases.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Limmen Bight (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/limmen-bight-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.