Lord Howe Island Permanent Park Preserve (Lord Howe Island IBA) (Australia)

Lord Howe Island Permanent Park Preserve (Lord Howe Island IBA)

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
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda	LC	resident	2004	500-1,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Lord Howe Woodhen Hypotaenidia sylvestris	EN	resident	1999-2002	147-205 individuals	A1, A2
Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri	LC	resident	2002	32,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica	LC	resident	-	10,000-100,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes	NT	resident	2002	17,462 breeding pairs	A4ii
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis	LC	resident	1971-2004	4,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Blue Noddy Anous ceruleus	LC	resident	1996-2004	100-1,000 breeding pairs	A4i
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1971-2002	64,000-155,500 breeding pairs	A4iii

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	very unfavourable	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70-90%)	very poor (< 40%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	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
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1982	Lord Howe Island Group	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100
1982	Lord Howe Island	Permanent Park Preserve	72
1999	Lord Howe Island	Marine Park	5
1999	Lord Howe Island	Marine Park	4
1999	Lord Howe Island	Marine Park	<1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Rainforest & vine thickets	70
Shrubland	Other shrublands	15
Artificial/Terrestrial	Improved grassland & pasture	10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	85
urban/industrial/transport	10
rangeland/pastureland	5

Land ownership

Private and Lord Howe Board

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lord Howe Island Permanent Park Preserve (Lord Howe Island IBA) (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lord-howe-island-permanent-park-preserve-(lord-howe-island-iba)-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.