Southern NSW Mallee (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Southern NSW Mallee This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata	VU	resident	1989-2008	500 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

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 (2019) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2019	very unfavourable	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	-

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium

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%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Southern Mallee	Protected Area	9
1981	Willandra Lakes Region	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	6
1983	Mallee Cliffs	National Park	7
2010	Kemendok	National Park	<1
2010	Euston	Regional Park	<1
2011	Mungo	State Conservation Area	<1
2012	Mungo	National Park	2

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands, Mallee shrublands & woodlands	95
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	72
nature conservation and research	28

Land ownership

Mostly leasehold but also NSW NPWS.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Southern NSW Mallee (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/southern-nsw-mallee-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.