Wandown


Country/territory: Australia
Subnational region(s): Victoria

IBA Justification: A1 (2009)

Area: 4,844 hectares (48.44 km2)

BirdLife Partner(s): BirdLife Australia

Conservation status of the Important Bird Area (IBA)
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2016 not assessed high not assessed


Site summary
The IBA supports populations of the vulnerable Malleefowl, as a breeding resident, and the biome-restricted Regent Parrot, which forages here but nests along the River Murray outside of the IBA.

Acknowledgements
Neil Macfarlane, Victorian Malleefowl Recovery Group, Mid-Murray Field Naturalists and Joe Benshemesh assisted with the nomination.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wandown (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wandown-iba-australia on 20/01/2025.