The Lakes (Western Australia) (Australia)

The Lakes (Western Australia)

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
Baudin's Black-cockatoo Zanda baudinii	CR	non-breeding	2004-2008	370 individuals	A1, A2, A3, A4ii
Carnaby's Black-cockatoo Zanda latirostris	EN	non-breeding	1998-2008	180 individuals	A1, A3
Red-capped Parrot Purpureicephalus spurius	LC	resident	1998-2008	abundant	A3
Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus	LC	resident	1998-2008	abundant	A3
Western Spinebill Acanthorhynchus superciliosus	LC	resident	1998-2008	abundant	A3
Western Thornbill Acanthiza inornata	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A3
Western Yellow Robin Eopsaltria griseogularis	LC	resident	1998-2008	frequent	A3

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	high	negligible
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
Forest	moderate (70-90%)	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%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant 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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1970	Woottating	Nature Reserve	3
2004	Wandoo	National Park	21

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Improved grassland & pasture	major (>10)
Forest	Eucalypt open forests, Eucalypt woodlands	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

Land ownership

Privately owned farms; state forest and nature reserves (Department of Environment and Conservation).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: The Lakes (Western Australia) (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/the-lakes-(western-australia)-iba-australia on 25/11/2024.