Sir Joseph Banks Islands (Australia) IBA | Details

Sir Joseph Banks Islands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae	LC	resident (1990–1996)	715–1,209 birds	A4i
White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina	LC	resident (1979–1980)	177,700 pairs	A4ii
Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens	LC	resident (1975–1983)	3,000–5,000 pairs	A4i
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus	LC	resident (1970–2000)	common	A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	non-breeding (-)	frequent	A1

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	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1997	Sir Joseph Banks Group	Conservation Park (Ia)	68
2009	Sir Joseph Banks Group	Marine Park (II)	64
2009	Sir Joseph Banks Group	Marine Park (II)	4
2009	Sir Joseph Banks Group	Marine Park (II)	<1

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Introduced vegetation	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)	Mallee shrublands & woodlands; Other shrublands

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

Land ownership

Eighteen islands are owned by the state and managed by the Department for Environment and Heritage; two islands are private land.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sir Joseph Banks Islands (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sir-joseph-banks-islands-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.