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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
Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor	CR	non-breeding	1995-2000	425 individuals	A1
Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta	LC	breeding	1998-2008	uncommon	A1
Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia	CR	non-breeding	1990-2006	75 individuals	A1
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea	LC	non-breeding	1998-2008	uncommon	A1
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata	VU	resident	1998-2008	uncommon	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 (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	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Eucalypt woodlands	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.