Quoin Bluff and Freycinet Island (Shark Bay) (Australia) IBA | Details

Quoin Bluff and Freycinet Island (Shark Bay)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius	LC	resident (1972–2008)	5,000–10,000 birds	A4i

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	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Freycinet, Double Islands Etc	Nature Reserve (Ia)	1
1991	Shark Bay, Western Australia	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100
2009	Shark Bay	Marine Park (II)	81
2009	Dirk Hartog Island	National Park (II)	18

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)	Other shrublands

Land use

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

Land ownership

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Quoin Bluff and Freycinet Island (Shark Bay) (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/quoin-bluff-and-freycinet-island-(shark-bay)-iba-australia on 22/12/2024.