Yambuk (Australia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Yambuk

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
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus	VU	resident	1998-2009	common	A1
Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus	VU	resident	2000-2006	45-76 individuals	A1
Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster	CR	non-breeding	1999-2006	2-18 individuals	A1

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	high	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
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1979	Yambuk F.F.R.	Nature Conservation Reserve	5
1999	Deen Maar	Indigenous Protected Area	46
2005	Yambuk Wetlands N.C.R.	Natural Features Reserve	5

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Shrubland	Chenopod shrubs, samphire shrubs and forblands	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Land ownership

State or local government; indigenous; private.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yambuk (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yambuk-iba-australia on 22/11/2024.