Lower Brodribb River (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Lower Brodribb River

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
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus	VU	breeding	2002-2009	1-3 individuals	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 (2020) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2020	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

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

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
1979	Cabbage Tree Creek F.R	Nature Conservation Reserve	5
1981	Brodribb River F.F.R	Nature Conservation Reserve	2
1999	Lake Curlip W.R.	Natural Features Reserve	50

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

Land ownership

Parks Victoria; Crown Land; private.

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 23/11/2024.