• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris	LC	resident (1990–2002)	155–320 birds	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	non-breeding (1990–2002)	700 birds	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	non-breeding (1990–2002)	4,400 birds	A4i
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes	LC	non-breeding (1990–2002)	800 birds	A4i

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
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (>4 years)	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
other	major (>10)

xxx

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Milingimbi Islands (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/milingimbi-islands-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.