Mount Lyndhurst (Australia) IBA | Details

Mount Lyndhurst

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
Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis	LC	resident (1990–2007)	uncommon	A3
Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus	LC	resident (1990–2008)	30 birds	A3
Black Honeyeater Sugomel nigrum	LC	resident (1998–2008)	uncommon	A3
Pied Honeyeater Certhionyx variegatus	LC	resident (1990–2008)	uncommon	A3
Gibberbird Ashbyia lovensis	LC	resident (1998–2008)	rare	A3
Chestnut-breasted Whiteface Aphelocephala pectoralis	NT	resident (1990–2007)	27–70 birds	A1, A2, A3
Banded Whiteface Aphelocephala nigricincta	LC	resident (1998–2008)	uncommon	A3
Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cinclosoma cinnamomeum	LC	resident (1990–2008)	common	A3
Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus	LC	resident (1990–2008)	frequent	A3

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	most of population/area (50–90%)	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

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	major (>10)	Semi-desert (includes gibber plains)
Shrubland	major (>10)	Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands; Other shrublands

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	100

Land ownership

Pastoral lease managed by Glenstrae Pastoral Company (Andrew Cleland, Norm Marston, Bob Campbell) of Willalooka, South Australia.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Lyndhurst (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-lyndhurst-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.