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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
Musk Duck Biziura lobata	LC	resident	1986-2007	50-2,302 individuals	A4i
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	LC	resident	1986-2007	3,000-13,782 individuals	A4i
Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus	LC	non-breeding	1986-2008	2,500-18,000 individuals	A4i
Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus	VU	resident	1998-2007	37-170 individuals	A1, A4i
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis	NT	non-breeding	1986-2005	328-15,000 individuals	A4i

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant 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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Yalgorup	National Park	92
1990	Peel-Yalgorup System	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	93

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Shrubland	Other shrublands	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Western Australia state government with management the responsibility of DEC.

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