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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
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor	CR	non-breeding (1995–2000)	425 birds	A1
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta	LC	breeding (1998–2008)	uncommon	A1
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia	CR	non-breeding (1990–2006)	75 birds	A1
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea	LC	non-breeding (1998–2008)	uncommon	A1
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata	VU	resident (1998–2008)	uncommon	A1

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1900	Killawarra	Reference Area (Ia)	1
1900	Warby Range	Reference Area (Ia)	1
1978	Warby Range	State Park (II)	45
1982	Barnawartha S.R.	Natural Features Reserve (III)	1
1986	Reef Hills	State Park (II)	8
1988	Mokoan H100 B.R	Natural Features Reserve (IV)	<1
1996	White Box Ridge	Reference Area (Ia)	<1
2001	Fosters Lake Waterhole N.C.R.	Natural Features Reserve (Ia)	<1
2002	Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park	National Park (II)	17
2002	Reef Hills	Reference Area (Ia)	<1
2003	Baddaginnie I63 B.R.	Natural Features Reserve (IV)	<1
2005	Mount Meg N.C.R.	Natural Features Reserve (Ia)	1
2005	Balmattum Hill B.R.	Natural Features Reserve (IV)	<1
2005	Peechelba H104 B.R.	Natural Features Reserve (IV)	<1
2005	Dookie H52 B.R	Natural Features Reserve (IV)	<1
2005	Rutherglen N.C.R.	Natural Features Reserve (Ia)	<1
2007	Glenrowan I70 B.R	Natural Features Reserve (IV)	<1
2010	Warby-Ovens National Park	National Park (II)	45

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)	Eucalypt woodlands

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)

Protected areas and state forests are owned and managed by the Victorian state government; the IBA also contains small areas of private land.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/warby-chiltern-box-ironbark-region-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.