Stapleton Island (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Stapleton Island

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
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	1984	1,000 nests	A4ii
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	resident	1987-1989	3,000-10,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	LC	resident	1987-1993	800-9,800 breeding pairs	A4i

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 (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	high	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
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1981	Great Barrier Reef	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100
2004	Great Barrier Reef Coast	Marine Park	100
2004	Great Barrier Reef	Marine Park	100
2013	Howick Group (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)	National Park Aboriginal	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Australian Federal Government with management the responsibility of the GBRMPA.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Stapleton Island (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/stapleton-island-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.