Current view: Data table and detailed info
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:
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 |
medium |
not assessed |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
unset |
medium |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Shrubland |
major (>10) |
Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
nature conservation and research |
major (>10) |
other |
major (>10) |
Some of Ninth Island is privately owned. The remainder of Ninth Island and all of Little Waterhouse Island is Crown Land.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ninth and Little Waterhouse Islands (Australia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ninth-and-little-waterhouse-islands-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.