Montebello Islands (Australia) IBA | Details

Montebello Islands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus	LC	resident (1996)	50–100 pairs	A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	resident (1996)	100–315 pairs	A1, A4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	resident (1999)	2,000–4,000 pairs	A4i

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Unnamed WA40828	5(1)(h) Reserve (V)	-
1989	Unnamed WA41080	5(1)(h) Reserve (V)	-
1992	Montebello Islands	Conservation Park (II)	67
2011	Montebello Islands	Marine Park (II)	24
2011	Montebello Islands	Marine Park (II)	11
2011	Montebello Islands	Marine Park (II)	5

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	90	Hummock grasslands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	10

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Western Australian State Government with management the responsibility of the Department of Environment & Climate Change (DEC).

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