Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA criteria met: A1, A4ii (2009)
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Area: 9 ha
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2008 | not assessed | medium | not assessed |
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Site summary
Mewstone supports more than 1% of the world population of the near threatened Shy Albatross and more than 1% of the world population of Fairy Prion.
Acknowledgements
The nomination was prepared by Peter Britton. Aleks Terauds and Sheryl Hamilton kindly supplied data. Rachael Alderman and Rosemary Gales of DPIW kindly commented on the nomination.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mewstone (Australia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mewstone-iba-australia on 27/11/2024.