Owingup Swamp and Boat Harbour Wetlands (Australia) IBA | Details

Owingup Swamp and Boat Harbour Wetlands

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
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus	VU	breeding (1984–2009)	5 birds	A1

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 (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Owingup	Nature Reserve (Ia)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

State government with management the responsibility of the Department of Environment and Conservation.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Owingup Swamp and Boat Harbour Wetlands (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/owingup-swamp-and-boat-harbour-wetlands-iba-australia on 26/12/2024.