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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
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta	NT	resident	1997-2005	7,380-7,500 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur	LC	resident	1977-1990	20,000 breeding pairs	A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1982	Tasmanian Wilderness	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100
2013	Southwest	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land owned by the Tasmanian State Government and managed by the Department of Primary Industries and Water.

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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.