Repulse Bay to Ince Bay (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Repulse Bay to Ince Bay

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
Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris	NT	resident	2003-2008	18 individuals	A1
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris	LC	resident	2002-2008	302-662 individuals	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	non-breeding	2002-2008	294-1,324 individuals	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	non-breeding	2002-2008	4,407-6,701 individuals	A4i
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes	LC	non-breeding	2002-2008	358-1,312 individuals	A4i
Mangrove Honeyeater Gavicalis fasciogularis	LC	resident	2003-2007	frequent	A2

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	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	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
1900	Stewart Peninsula - Newry Island - Ball Bay	Dugong Protection Area (A)	9
1900	Ince Bay (Cape Palmerston - Allom Point)	Dugong Protection Area (A)	12
1900	Ball Bay - Sand Bay	Dugong Protection Area (B)	13
1900	Llewellyn Bay	Dugong Protection Area (B)	2
1981	Great Barrier Reef	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	83
1987	Townsville / Whitsunday	Marine Park	11
1988	Mackay / Capricorn	Marine Park	61
1995	Newry Islands	National Park	4
1998	Repulse	Fish Habitat Area (A)	15
2004	Great Barrier Reef Coast	Marine Park	58
2004	Great Barrier Reef Coast	Marine Park	14
2007	Sandringham Bay	Conservation Park	1
2008	Bassett Basin (Rev.1)	Fish Habitat Area (B)	1
2008	Bakers Creek	Conservation Park	<1
2009	Sand Bay	Fish Habitat Area (A)	24
2009	Cape Palmerston - Rocky Dam	Fish Habitat Area (A)	12
2010	Yuwi Paree Toolkoon	National Park	<1
2010	Skull Knob	Conservation Park	<1
2014	Bakers Creek	Conservation Park	2
2014	Sandringham Bay	Conservation Park	1
2014	Skull Knob	Conservation Park	<1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		52
Forest	Mangroves	20
Marine Neritic		18
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

Land ownership

Mackay City, Sarina and Whitsunday Shire Councils.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Repulse Bay to Ince Bay (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/repulse-bay-to-ince-bay-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.