Three Hummocks Island (Australia) IBA | Details

Three Hummocks Island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding (1990–2000)	20,000–50,000 birds	A4i

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	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2006	Laynhapuy - Stage 1	Indigenous Protected Area (VI)	59

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
other	major (>10)

Land ownership

Arnhem Land ALT

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Three Hummocks Island (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/three-hummocks-island-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.