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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
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus	VU	breeding (2002–2009)	1–3 birds	A1

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2020) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happe­ning now	whole of popul­ation/area (>90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1979	Cabbage Tree Creek F.R	Nature Conservation Reserve (Ia)	5
1981	Brodribb River F.F.R	Nature Conservation Reserve (Ia)	2
1999	Lake Curlip W.R.	Natural Features Reserve (VI)	50

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
not utilised	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Parks Victoria; Crown Land; private.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Brodribb River (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-brodribb-river-iba-australia on 27/12/2024.