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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
Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes	NT	resident (1976)	300,000 pairs	A4ii
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	resident (1982)	91 nests	A1, A4i

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
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	likely in long term (>4 years)	whole of popul­ation/area (>90%)	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1958	Quagering	Nature Reserve (Ia)	100
1980	D'Entrecasteaux	National Park (II)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	major (>10)	Tussock grasslands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sandy Island (Windy Harbour) (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sandy-island-(windy-harbour)-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.