Little Desert (Australia) IBA | Details

Little Desert

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
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata	VU	resident (-)	10–20 pairs	A1
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata	VU	resident (1998–2008)	uncommon	A1

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 (2014) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	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
Natural system modifications	likely in long term (>4 years)	whole of population/area (>90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high

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
1973	Little Desert National Park	National Park (II)	98
1992	Little Desert Area	Remote and Natural Area - Schedule 6, National Parks Act (Ia)	12
1996	Little Desert (East)	Reference Area (Ia)	2
1996	Little Desert (West)	Reference Area (Ia)	2

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Eucalypt low open forests
Shrubland	major (>10)	Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands; Closed shrublands & low closed woodlands; Mallee shrublands & woodlands
Grassland	minor (<10)	Tussock grasslands

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Victorian State Government with management by Parks Victoria.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Little Desert (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/little-desert-iba-australia on 22/12/2024.