Manowar and Rocky Islands


Country/territory: Australia
Subnational region(s): Queensland

IBA Justification: A4ii (2009)

Area: 51 hectares (0.51 km2)

BirdLife Partner(s): BirdLife Australia

Conservation status of the Important Bird Area (IBA)
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2008 not assessed high not assessed


Site summary
The islands support more then 1% of the global populations of Brown Booby and Lesser Frigatebird.

Acknowledgements
THe nomination was prepared by Stephen Garnett.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Manowar and Rocky Islands (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/manowar-and-rocky-islands-iba-australia on 13/01/2025.