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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
Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris	NT	resident	1995-2007	90 individuals	A1
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris	LC	resident	1995-2007	307-376 individuals	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	non-breeding	1995-2007	1,365-2,844 individuals	A4i
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes	LC	non-breeding	1995-2007	3,014-3,831 individuals	A4i
Mangrove Honeyeater Gavicalis fasciogularis	LC	resident	1995-2008	abundant	A2

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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
1900	Shoalwater Bay	Dugong Protection Area (A)	30
1900	Port Clinton (Reef Point - Cape Clinton)	Dugong Protection Area (A)	17
1981	Great Barrier Reef	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	47
1988	Mackay / Capricorn	Marine Park	76
1996	Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area (Shoalwater Bay Training Area, in part - Corio Bay)	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	97
2000	Shoalwater Bay	Conservation Park	<1
2004	Great Barrier Reef Coast	Marine Park	53
2004	Great Barrier Reef Coast	Marine Park	20
2004	Great Barrier Reef Coast	Marine Park	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mangroves	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
military	major (>10)

Department of Defence.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shoalwater Bay (Rockhampton) (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shoalwater-bay-(rockhampton)-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.