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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
Little Penguin Eudyptula minor	LC	resident	2007	26,000 individuals	A4ii
Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris	LC	resident	2007	450,000 nests	A4ii
Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus	VU	resident	2000-2007	21-42 individuals	A1
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus	LC	non-breeding	2001-2007	52-490 individuals	A4i

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

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Phillip Island	Phillip Island Nature Park	49
2002	Mornington Peninsula & Western Port	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	82
2013	Phillip Island Nature Park	Other	48

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Tussock grasslands	major (>10)
Shrubland	Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands, Other shrublands	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)

State Government with management the responsibility of Parks Victoria.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Phillip Island (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/phillip-island-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.