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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	non-breeding (2006–2007)	3,900–4,400 individuals	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 key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happen­ing now	few individ­uals/small area (<10%)	no deteri­oration (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Residential and commercial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	few individ­uals/small area (<10%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the key 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
1909	Buffalo Creek Management Area	Management Agreement Area (V)	2
1988	Tree Point Conservation Area	Other Conservation Area (V)	5
2000	Shoal Bay	Coastal Reserve (VI)	33

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
military	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

Department of Defence and unallocated Crown Land.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shoal Bay (Darwin) (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shoal-bay-(darwin)-iba-australia on 19/01/2025.