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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
Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata	VU	resident	2005-2007	48-53 nests	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 (2016) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

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
1989	Wandown F.F.R	Nature Conservation Reserve	52
1992	Menzies N.C.R.	Natural Features Reserve	8

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Mallee shrublands & woodlands, Other shrublands	major (>10)
Forest	Other forests & woodlands	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

State government (Parks Victoria); private (Trust for Nature).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wandown (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wandown-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.