Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA criteria met: A4i, A4ii (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 901 hectares (9.01 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2008 | not assessed | low | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site summary
The Maatsuyker Island Group supports more than 1% of the world population of Short-tailed Shearwater (about 1.5 million pairs), Fairy Prion and Black-faced Cormorant, as well as thousands of pairs of Common Diving-Petrel and Little Penguin.
Acknowledgements
The nomination was prepared by Peter Britton. Rachael Alderman and Rosemary Gales of DPIW kindly commented on the nomination.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maatsuyker Island Group (Australia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maatsuyker-island-group-iba-australia on 28/12/2024.