Little Desert (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Little Desert

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

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 (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 (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Eucalypt low open forests	major (>10)
Shrubland	Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands, Closed shrublands & low closed woodlands, Mallee shrublands & woodlands	major (>10)
Grassland	Tussock grasslands	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.