Narran Wetlands This is an IBA in Danger! 


Country/territory: Australia

IBA criteria met: A1, A4i (2009)
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Area: 22,439 hectares (224.39 km2)

BirdLife Australia
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2019 very poor very high medium
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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 24/12/2024.