Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA criteria met: A1, A4i (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 22,439 hectares (224.39 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2019 | very poor | very high | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site summary
The Narran Lakes support exceptional numbers of nesting waterbirds when water conditions are suitable. This includes the largest current colony of Straw-necked Ibis (up to 200,000 pairs), more than 1% of the world population of Australian Pelican and Black-fronted Dotterel and small numbers of the endangered Australasian Bittern.
Acknowledgements
NPWS have supported the waterbird counts, including use of a plane for aerial counts. Nomination prepared Andrew Ley, BANNG, with contributions from Roger Jaensch (of Wetlands International), Richard Kingsford, Narrabri NPWS, Rosscommon and Narran Lake (Kia-ora) Stations and Freshwater CRC.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Narran Wetlands (Australia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/narran-wetlands-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.