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

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

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

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 poor	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 poor

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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 (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1982	Lord Howe Island Group	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100
1982	Lord Howe Island	Permanent Park Preserve (II)	72
1999	Lord Howe Island	Marine Park (II)	5
1999	Lord Howe Island	Marine Park (II)	4
1999	Lord Howe Island	Marine Park (II)	<1

Habitats

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

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 22/12/2024.