Port Fairy to Warrnambool (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Port Fairy to Warrnambool This is an IBA in Danger!

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
Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus	VU	resident	2006-2008	15 breeding pairs	A1
Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster	CR	non-breeding	1991-2007	17 individuals	A1

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 (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	not assessed	very 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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant 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
-	Port Fairy-Warrnambool	Coastal Reserve	11

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Introduced vegetation		major (>10)
Shrubland	Other shrublands	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Improved grassland & pasture	minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Land ownership

State or local government; private.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Port Fairy to Warrnambool (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/port-fairy-to-warrnambool-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.