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Site description (2008 baseline):
Site location and context
The Moora IBA supports at least 1% of the breeding population of Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo. The IBA boundaries are defined by known areas of suitable nesting habitat along two major road reserves and within the rural township of Moora, north of Perth in Western Australia. Gardens, weed species, and non-native vegetation is excluded from the IBA. The IBA has a Mediterranean climate.
More extensive bird surveys may identify other species of significance in this IBA.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Protection and management of road and rail reserves; buffering of linear remnants, particularly road & rail reserves, utilising revegetation with plant species suitable for habitat for Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo. Revegetation to provide native food sources.
Conservation responses/actions for key biodiversity
Moora Shire Council has actively supported and promoted the conservation of Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo in the past. In 2003, Men of the Trees utilised funding to organise planting days for local communities and school children, to re-vegetate areas close to and within the Moora town site, with plant species suitable for Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo habitat. Some artificial nest hollows have been erected in the IBA. Individual landholders have been closely involved in black-cockatoo conservation; actions have included erecting artificial hollows on private land within the town site. In 2001, Moora Catchment Council funded research into the success of volunteer planting activities for Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo (Davies 2005).
The IBA overlaps with a single protected area.
Multiple private landholders within town site; Shire of Moora; Main Roads Department; Western Rail; service utilities.
Site access / Land-owner requests
Contact Birds Australia Western Australia's Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Recovery Project for access details related to private land.
Cheryl Gole (WWF-Australia and Birds Australia Western Australia) prepared the nomination. Kellie Mantle, Rick Dawson and Peter Mawson (Department of Environment and Conservation) kindly provided mapping assistance, data and comments.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Moora (Australia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/moora-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.
