Wedge Island (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Wedge Island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina	LC	resident	1975-1983	16,250 breeding pairs	A4ii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2009	Gambier Islands Group	Marine Park	54

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Tussock grasslands	major (>10)
Shrubland	Other shrublands	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Land ownership

Private

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wedge Island (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wedge-island-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.