Prince Regent and Mitchell River


Country/territory: Australia

IBA criteria met: A1, A2, A3 (2009)
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Area: 733,322 ha

BirdLife Australia
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2008 not assessed high not assessed
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Site summary
The IBA supports three near threatened species, including the largest known population of the western subspecies of Partridge Pigeon, the restricted-range Chestnut Rail, White-quilled Rock-Pigeon and Rainbow Pitta, most of the global populations of the restricted-range Black Grasswren and the Kimberley (sub) species of White-lined Honeyeater, and 12 species restricted to the tropical savanna.

Acknowledgements
Thanks to Andrew Burbidge as compiler.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Prince Regent and Mitchell River (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/prince-regent-and-mitchell-river-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.