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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
Little Penguin Eudyptula minor	LC	resident	1991	5,000-15,000 breeding pairs	A4ii
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris	LC	non-breeding	2002-2007	110-258 individuals	A4i
Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus	VU	resident	1992-2007	14-46 individuals	A1
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus	LC	resident	1991	43-64 breeding pairs	A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	resident	1952-2001	15 breeding pairs	A1

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
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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
2005	Paddys Island	Nature Reserve	<1
2011	St Helens	Conservation Area	22
2011	Humbug Point	Nature Recreation Area	6
2011	McDonalds Point	Conservation Area	2
2012	Medeas Cove	Conservation Area	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Introduced vegetation		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)
Shrubland	Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
not utilised	major (>10)

St Helens = Parks and Wildlife Service; Paddys Island = unallocated Crown Land.

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