Piper Islands (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Piper Islands

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
Torresian Imperial-pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa	LC	resident	2001	4,000 nests	A4ii
Black Noddy Anous minutus	LC	resident	1983-1988	7,500 nests	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	medium	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
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1981	Great Barrier Reef	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100
2004	Great Barrier Reef	Marine Park	97
2004	Great Barrier Reef Coast	Marine Park	97
2011	Piper Islands (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)	National Park Aboriginal	54

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangroves	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Australian Federal Government with management the responsibility of GBRMPA.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Piper Islands (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/piper-islands-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.