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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
Tasmanian Native-hen Tribonyx mortierii	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A2, A3
Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus	LC	resident	1998-2008	abundant	A2, A3
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor	CR	breeding	2001	1,000 breeding pairs	A1, A2, A3
Black-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus affinis	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A2, A3
Strong-billed Honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris	VU	resident	1998-2008	uncommon	A2, A3
Yellow-throated Honeyeater Nesoptilotis flavicollis	LC	resident	1998-2008	abundant	A2, A3
Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa	LC	resident	1998-2008	abundant	A2, A3
Forty-spotted Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus	EN	resident	1986-2007	97-163 individuals	A1, A2, A3
Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus	LC	resident	1998-2008	rare	A3
Tasmanian Scrubwren Sericornis humilis	LC	resident	1998-2008	uncommon	A2, A3
Scrubtit Acanthornis magna	LC	resident	1998-2008	rare	A2, A3
Tasmanian Thornbill Acanthiza ewingii	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A2
Black Currawong Strepera fuliginosa	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A2, A3
Pink Robin Petroica rodinogaster	LC	resident	1998-2008	uncommon	A3
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea	LC	breeding	1998-2008	uncommon	A1, A3
Dusky Robin Melanodryas vittata	VU	resident	1998-2008	uncommon	A2, A3

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 (2019) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	poor (40-69%)	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Natural system modifications	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Transportation and service corridors	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	Unknown	Unknown	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1934	Pirates Bay	State Reserve	<1
1938	Goulds Lagoon	Private Sanctuary	<1
1942	Kingston Golf Course	Private Sanctuary	<1
1949	Sandspit River	Private Sanctuary	<1
1957	The Lea	Private Sanctuary	<1
1961	Palmers Lookout	State Reserve	<1
1983	Hopetoun	Forest Reserve	<1
1993	Wellington Park	Other Conservation Area	1
1999	Mount Direction	Conservation Area	<1
1999	Coal Mines	Historic Site	<1
1999	Roaring Beach	Conservation Area	<1
1999	Stewarts Bay	State Reserve	<1
1999	Hospital Creek	Nature Reserve	<1
1999	Unnamed (Sandspit River)	Conservation Area	<1
1999	Eaglehawk Bay	State Reserve	<1
1999	Safety Cove	State Reserve	<1
1999	Unnamed (The Lea)	Conservation Area	<1
1999	putalina	Indigenous Protected Area	<1
1999	George III Monument	Historic Site	<1
1999	Kangaroo Bluff	Historic Site	<1
1999	Millingtons Beach	Conservation Area	<1
1999	D'Entrecasteaux Monument	Historic Site	<1
1999	South Arm	Conservation Area	<1
1999	Rosny Hill	Nature Recreation Area	<1
1999	Unnamed (Goulds Lagoon)	Conservation Area	<1
1999	Oyster Cove	Indigenous Protected Area	<1
1999	Risdon Cove	Indigenous Protected Area	<1
1999	South Arm	Nature Recreation Area	<1
1999	Mount Arthur	State Reserve	<1
2000	Snug Tiers	Nature Recreation Area	2
2000	Three Thumbs	State Reserve	1
2000	Cape Bernier	Nature Reserve	<1
2000	Eaglehawk Bay-Flinders Bay	Conservation Area	<1
2000	Mountain Creek	Conservation Area	<1
2000	Woodbridge Hill	Conservation Area	<1
2000	Marchwiel #3/Marchwiel #4/Marchwiel #5	Conservation Covenant	<1
2000	Tinderbox	Nature Reserve	<1
2000	Marchwiel Cockle Bay	Conservation Covenant	<1
2000	Hardys Hill	Nature Reserve	<1
2000	Africa Gully	Nature Reserve	<1
2001	Bangor/Bangor #2	Conservation Covenant	<1
2001	Lime Bay	State Reserve	<1
2001	Sherwood Hill	Conservation Area	<1
2001	Woodvine	Nature Reserve	<1
2001	Peter Murrell	State Reserve	<1
2001	East Risdon	State Reserve	<1
2001	Auk Point	Conservation Covenant	<1
2001	Marchwiel Falls Festival #1	Conservation Covenant	<1
2001	Geeveston	Conservation Covenant	<1
2001	Strathblane #1	Conservation Covenant	<1
2001	Spring Beach Orford	Conservation Covenant	<1
2002	Marchwiel #6	Conservation Covenant	<1
2002	Marchwiel #6	Conservation Covenant	<1
2002	Marchwiel Falls Festival #2	Conservation Covenant	<1
2002	Marchwiel Bream Creek	Conservation Covenant	<1
2002	Sandfly	Conservation Covenant	<1
2002	Birchs Bay	Conservation Covenant	<1
2002	Strathblane #3	Conservation Covenant	<1
2002	Strathblane #2	Conservation Covenant	<1
2002	Koonya	Conservation Covenant	<1
2003	Echo Sugarloaf	State Reserve	<1
2003	Herringback Sandfly	Conservation Covenant	<1
2003	Roaring Beach	Conservation Covenant	<1
2003	Richmond	Conservation Covenant	<1
2003	Randalls Bay	Conservation Covenant	<1
2003	Sympathy Hills	Private Nature Reserve	<1
2004	Craigow Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2004	Breakneck Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2004	Long Spit	Private Nature Reserve	<1
2004	Slab Road Cygnet	Conservation Covenant	<1
2004	Hobdens Road Cambridge	Conservation Covenant	<1
2004	Woodsden Buckland	Conservation Covenant	<1
2004	Twamley	Conservation Covenant	<1
2004	Hazelwood	Conservation Covenant	<1
2005	Lowlands Richmond	Conservation Covenant	<1
2005	Wylies Road Cygnet	Conservation Covenant	<1
2005	Sugarloaf Road Forcett	Conservation Covenant	<1
2006	Storm Bay Carlton	Conservation Covenant	<1
2006	Saltwater River	Conservation Covenant	<1
2006	Lower Snug	Conservation Covenant	<1
2006	Nubeena #1	Conservation Covenant	<1
2006	Fern Tree #1/Fern Tree #2	Conservation Covenant	<1
2006	Cotton Bush	Conservation Covenant	<1
2007	Southport Lagoon	Conservation Area	1
2007	Coningham	Nature Recreation Area	<1
2007	Mount Faulkner	Conservation Area	<1
2007	Ida Bay	State Reserve	<1
2007	Port Arthur	Historic Site	<1
2007	Mount Royal	Conservation Area	<1
2007	Molesworth	Conservation Area	<1
2007	Recherche Bay	Nature Recreation Area	<1
2007	Browns River Fern Tree	Conservation Covenant	<1
2007	Thinking Frog - Tinderbox	Conservation Covenant	<1
2007	Dobner - Dam Road	Conservation Covenant	<1
2007	Eaglehawk Neck	Historic Site	<1
2007	Premaydena #1/Premaydena #2	Conservation Covenant	<1
2007	Port Cygnet	Conservation Area	<1
2007	Premaydena #1/Premaydena #2	Conservation Covenant	<1
2007	Fossil Cove	Conservation Area	<1
2007	Premaydena Point	Historic Site	<1
2007	Cemetery Point	Historic Site	<1
2007	Randalls Bay	Conservation Area	<1
2007	Surveyors Bay	Conservation Area	<1
2008	Twin Lakes	Conservation Covenant	<1
2008	Peter Murrell	Conservation Area	<1
2008	Paddys Ridge	Conservation Covenant	<1
2008	Paddys Ridge 2	Conservation Covenant	<1
2008	Ringwood	Conservation Covenant	<1
2008	Meerkat	Conservation Covenant	<1
2008	Schemers Creek	Conservation Covenant	<1
2008	Hawks Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2008	Two Mile Creek	Conservation Covenant	<1
2008	Tessellated Pavement	State Reserve	<1
2008	Old Bernies Road	Conservation Covenant	<1
2008	Minno Street/Minno Street (Clarence Council)	Conservation Covenant	<1
2008	Minno Street/Minno Street (Clarence Council)	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Sally Peak	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Slopen Main	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Blue Hills/Blue Hills #2	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Recherche Bay Reserve - Southport Lagoon Conservation Covena	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Blue Hills/Blue Hills #2	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Ida Bay	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Murphys Flat	Conservation Area	<1
2009	River Derwent	Marine Conservation Area	<1
2009	Huon Estuary	Marine Conservation Area	<1
2009	South Lea	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Nugent Block	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Ninepin Point	Marine Nature Reserve	<1
2009	Flowerpot Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Mount Communication	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Monk Bay	Marine Conservation Area	<1
2009	Port Cygnet	Marine Conservation Area	<1
2009	Blackman Rivulet	Marine Conservation Area	<1
2009	Cascades Female Factory	Historic Site	<1
2009	Tinderbox	Marine Nature Reserve	<1
2009	Bangor - Jacks Gully	Conservation Covenant	<1
2009	Bangor - Musk Gully	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	Gordon's Sugarloaf	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	The Run #1/The Run #2/The Run #3/The Run #4	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	Hazelwood (Ravenscroft Rivulet)	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	Hazelwood (Gunns Hill)	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	The Run #1/The Run #2/The Run #3/The Run #4	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	Township Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	Malwood - Rokeby Hills	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	Hazelwood (Carlton River)	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	Rokeby Hills Reserve	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	Caolila	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	The Run #1/The Run #2/The Run #3/The Run #4	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	Pretty Heath Retreat	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	The Run #1/The Run #2/The Run #3/The Run #4	Conservation Covenant	<1
2010	Bangor - Bobs Gully	Conservation Covenant	<1
2011	Meehan Range	Nature Recreation Area	<1
2011	Hastings Bay	Conservation Area	<1
2011	Snug Tiers	Conservation Covenant	<1
2011	Gordons Hill	Nature Recreation Area	<1
2011	Crooked Billet Bay	Conservation Area	<1
2011	Knopwood Hill	Nature Recreation Area	<1
2011	Pirates Bay	Nature Recreation Area	<1
2011	Riverside	Conservation Covenant	<1
2011	Narrows Road	Nature Reserve	<1
2011	Dales Creek	Conservation Covenant	<1
2011	North West Bay	Conservation Area	<1
2011	Wallers Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2012	Outer North Head	Conservation Area	<1
2012	Norfolk Bay	Conservation Area	<1
2012	Flights Creek	Conservation Covenant	<1
2012	Bellettes Bay	Conservation Area	<1
2012	North West Head	Conservation Area	<1
2012	Scotts Rivulet	Conservation Covenant	<1
2012	Running Ground Ridge	Conservation Area	<1
2012	Franklin	Conservation Covenant	<1
2012	Glebe Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2012	Mount Rumney	Conservation Area	<1
2012	Point du Ressac	Conservation Area	<1
2012	Roaring	Conservation Covenant	<1
2012	Boot Bay	Conservation Area	<1
2012	Bream Creek	Conservation Covenant	<1
2012	Long Bay	Conservation Area	<1
2012	Apex Point	Conservation Area	<1
2012	Harris Creek	Conservation Covenant	<1
2012	Collinsvale	Conservation Covenant	<1
2012	Sandfly Beach	Conservation Covenant	<1
2013	Tasman	National Park	3
2013	Catamaran River	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Wielangta	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Mount Morrison	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Yellow Bluff Creek	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Carlton River	Conservation Covenant	<1
2013	Sandspit River	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Esperance River	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Flagstaff Gully Quarry	Conservation Covenant	<1
2013	Burnett Point	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Basin Hills	Conservation Covenant	<1
2013	Esperance Point	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Split Rock Saddle	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Grasstree Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2013	Kellevie	Conservation Covenant	<1
2013	North Passage Point	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Chronicle Point	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Sloping Main	Conservation Area	<1
2013	Garden Island Bay	Conservation Covenant	<1
2013	Salem Bay	Conservation Area	<1
2014	Blubber Head	Conservation Covenant	<1
2014	Stanmore Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2014	Linger Longer Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2014	Newmans Creek Koonya	Conservation Covenant	<1
2014	Newmans Beach	Conservation Covenant	<1
2014	Leprena Trust - Sullivan Point	Conservation Covenant	<1
2015	Shorts Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2015	Waterfall Bay Road	Conservation Covenant	<1
2015	Littles Road	Conservation Covenant	<1
2015	Tunapi	Conservation Covenant	<1
2015	Lot 2 Grasstree Hill	Conservation Covenant	<1
2015	Blowhole Road #4	Conservation Covenant	<1
2015	Blowhole Road #2	Conservation Covenant	<1
2015	Blowhole Road #1	Conservation Covenant	<1
2015	Blowhole Road #3	Conservation Covenant	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Eucalypt low open forests, Eucalypt open forests, Eucalypt tall open forests, Eucalypt woodlands	major (>10)
Grassland	Tussock grasslands	minor (<10)
Shrubland	Other shrublands	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
forestry	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

State or local government, private, indigenous land.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South-east Tasmania (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-east-tasmania-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.