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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
Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae	LC	resident	1993	612 individuals	A4i
White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina	LC	resident	-	9,000-14,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes	NT	resident	1981	2,300-10,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus	LC	resident	1993	359 individuals	A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	resident	1985-1986	45 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila	LC	unknown	1998-2008	common	A3
Red-eared Firetail Stagonopleura oculata	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A2, A3

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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1948	Recherche Archipelago	Nature Reserve	100
1986	Woody Island	Nature Reserve	3
1992	Unnamed WA42379	5(1)(h) Reserve	-
2014	Unnamed WA48955	5(1)(h) Reserve	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Western Australian State Government with management the responsibility of Dept of Environment and Climate Change.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Recherche Archipelago (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/recherche-archipelago-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.