Current view: Data table and detailed info
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:
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.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2016 |
not assessed |
high |
not assessed |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
no |
unset |
- |
|
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation |
% overlap with IBA |
1995 |
Unnamed (No.HA1005)
|
Heritage Agreement |
8 |
Habitat1 |
Habitat detail |
% of IBA |
Wetlands (inland) |
Permanent herbaceous swamps & bogs, Saline lakes |
56 |
Forest |
Eucalypt woodlands, Melaleuca forests & woodlands |
31 |
Shrubland |
Heath |
7 |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
Improved grassland & pasture |
6 |
1.
IUCN Habitat classification.
Land use |
% of IBA |
nature conservation and research |
100 |
The majority of the land is owned by Wetlands and Wildlife (1st Floor, 187 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000) with the rest owned by TK and PA Brinkworth of Kingston SA. All will, in due course, become the property of Wetlands and Wildlife.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Watervalley Wetlands (Australia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/watervalley-wetlands-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.