Orford (Tasmania) (Australia) IBA | Details

Orford (Tasmania) This is an IBA in Danger!

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
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	breeding (2000–2009)	15–25 pairs	A1, A4i

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 (2018) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2018	very poor	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	27 / 50 (adults)	54	poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Intertidal	moderate (70–90%)	poor (40–69%)	very poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	very high
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (>4 years)	some of population/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1999	Raspins Beach	Conservation Area (VI)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Owned by the Tasmanian State Government and managed by the Parks and Wildlife Service.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Orford (Tasmania) (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/orford-(tasmania)-iba-australia on 21/12/2024.