Pearce, Urquhart and Hervey Islands (Sir Edward Pellew Group) (Australia)

Pearce, Urquhart and Hervey Islands (Sir Edward Pellew Group)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	1990-2001	17,500 individuals	A4i
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	LC	breeding	1990-2001	50,000 unknown	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

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 (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2011	Yanyuwa (Barni - Wardimantha Awara)	Indigenous Protected Area	46

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
other	100

Land ownership

Wurralibi ALT

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pearce, Urquhart and Hervey Islands (Sir Edward Pellew Group) (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pearce-urquhart-and-hervey-islands-(sir-edward-pellew-group)-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.