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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
Black Swan Cygnus atratus	LC	resident	1992-2007	1,003-18,788 individuals	A4i
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris	LC	resident	1992-2007	44-232 individuals	A4i

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	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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
-	Long Point Reserve	Reserve	-
1982	Moulting Lagoon	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	72
1982	Apsley Marshes	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	15
1999	Moulting Lagoon	Game Reserve	75
2005	Long Point Reserve	Conservation Covenant	6

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Forest	Melaleuca forests & woodlands	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)
Shrubland	Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Crown land (Moulting Lagoon Game Reserve/Ramsar site) and private land (Long Point Reserve to the Tasmanian Land Conservancy; Apsley Marshes to Apslawn Pty Ltd.).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Moulting Lagoon (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/moulting-lagoon-iba-australia on 24/11/2024.