Site Details
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Key Species of EAAFP in Australia |
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Shorebird |
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Curlew Sandpiper |
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Red Knot |
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Great Knot |
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Asian Dowitcher |
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Far Eastern Curlew |
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Eurasian Curlew |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
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Spotted Greenshank |
Kakadu National Park
Location: Northern Territory
Coordinates (lat, long): -12.28000, 132.46000
Area: 1,375,940 ha
Date of joining: 1996 March 25
Status: National Park
Other listings: Ramsar, World Heritage, Important Bird and Biodiversity Area
Important for Shorebirds
Important species
Numenius minutus (Little Curlew), Stiltia isabella (Australian Pratincole)
Moreton Bay
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Location: Queensland
Coordinates (lat, long): -27.25000, 153.33330
Area: 113,314 ha
Date of joining: 1996 March 25
Status: Marine Park
Other listings: Ramsar, Important Bird and Biodiversity Area
Important for Shorebirds
Important species
Pluvialis fulva (Pacific Golden Plover), Heteroscelus brevipes (Grey-tailed Tattler), Charadrius mongolus (Lesser Sandplover), Numenius madgascariensis (Far Eastern Curlew), Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit), Calidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper)
Eighty-Mile Beach, Western Australia
Location: Eighty-Mile Beach, Western Australia
Coordinates (lat, long): -19.02000, 121.48000
Area: 175487.0 ha
Date of joining: 2013 March 4
Status: WA State Class A Marine Park
Other listings: Ramsar, Important Bird and Biodiversity Area, World heritage
Important for Shorebirds, and Others
Important species
Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit), Calidris canutus (Red Knot), Calidris tenuirostris (Great Knot), Calidris ruficollis (Red-necked Stint), Calidris alba (Sanderling), Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper), Calidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper), Numenius madagascariensis (Eastern Curlew), Tringa nebularia (Common Greenshank), Tringa brevipes (Grey-tailed Tattler), Xenus cinereus (Terek Sandpiper), Arenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone), Numenius minutus (Little Curlew), Charadrius leschenaultii (Greater Sand Plover), Charadrius veredus (Oriental Plover), Pluvialis squatarola (Grey Plover), Charadrius ruficapillus (Red-capped Plover), Glareola maldivarum (Oriental Pratincole), Haematopus longirostris (Pied Oystercatcher), Hydropogne caspia (Caspian Tern)
Roebuck Bay, Western Australia
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Location: Roebuck Bay, Western Australia
Coordinates (lat, long): -17.980249, 122.228447
Area: 34119.0 ha
Date of joining: 2013 March 4
Status: WA State Class A Conservation Park
Other listings: Ramsar, Important Bird and Biodiversity Area
Important for Shorebirds
Important species
Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit), Limosa limosa (Black-tailed Godwit), Calidris canutus (Red Knot), Calidris tenuirostris (Great Knot), Calidris ruficollis (Red-necked Stint), Calidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper), Calidris alba (Sanderling), Numenius madagascariensis (Eastern Curlew), Numenius minutus (Little Curlew), Numenius phaeopus variegatus (Whimbrel), Tringa nebularia (Common Greenshank), Tringa brevipes (Grey-tailed Tattler), Xenus cinereus (Terek Sandpiper), Arenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone), Limnodromus semipalmatus (Asian Dowitcher), Charadrius leschenaultii (Greater Sand Plover), Charadrius veredus (Oriental Plover), Charadrius mongolus (Lesser Sand Plover), Pluvialis squatarola (Grey Plover), Charadrius ruficapillus (Red-capped Plover), Haematopus longirostris (Pied Oystercatcher)
South East Gulf of Carpentaria Karumba Smithburne
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Location: immediately north of the township of Karumba
Coordinates (lat, long): -17.24000, 140.91000
Area: 20000.0
Date of joining: 24 December 2014
Status: N/A
Other listings: Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA)
Important for Shorebirds
Important species
Calidris tenuirostris (Great Knot), Limosa limosa melanuroides (Black-tailed Godwit), Calidris canutus (Red Knot), Numenius madagascarensis (Far Eastern Curlew), Charadrius leschenaultii (Greater Sand Plover)
South-East Gulf of Carpentaria: Nijinda Durlga (Tarrant)
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Location: 30 km north of the township of Burketown
Coordinates (lat, long): -17.49000, 139.59000
Area: 40000.0 ha
Date of joining: 7 October 2016
Status: Indigenous Protected Area
Other listings: Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA)
Important for Shorebirds
Important species
Numenius madagascariensis (Far Eastern Curlew),Calidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper), Calidris tenuirostris (Great Knot), Calidris canutus (Red Knot), Limosa lapponica baueri (Bar-tailed Godwit), Charadrius mongolus (Lesser Sand Plover), Charadrius leschenaultii (Greater Sand Plover)
Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary
Location: Clinton Conservation Park, the Dry Creek wetlands, the Price saltfields
Coordinates (lat, long): -34.181568, 138.086077
Area: 37069.0 ha
Date of joining: 16 December 2016
Status: Torrens Island Conservation Park, Port Gawler Conservation Park, Clinton Conservation Park , Wills Creek Conservation Park, Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary, Barker Inlet Aquatic Reserve , St Kilda Chapman Aquatic Reserve , Upper Gulf St Vincent Marine Park are located within the site
Other listings: Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA)
Important species
Calidrius ferruginea (Curlew sandpiper), Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper), Calidris canutus (Red knot), Numenius madagascariensis (Eastern curlew), Calidris tenuirostris (Great knot), Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed godwit), Calidris ruficollis (Red-necked Stint), Esacus magnirostris (Beach Stone-curlew), Himantopus himantopus (Black-winged Stilt)
Ashmore Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve
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Location: the north-eastern Indian Ocean
Coordinates (lat, long): -12.20000, 123.00000
Area: 58300.0 ha
Date of joining: 16 December 2016
Status: National Parks
Other listings: Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA), Ramsar
Important for Shorebirds and Others
Important species
Numenius phaeopus (Whimbrel), Xenus cinereus (Terek Sandpiper), Calidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper), Gallinago megala (Swinhoe’s snipe), Limosa limosa (black-tailed godwit), Numenius minutus (Little curlew), Numenius madagascariensis (Far Eastern Curlew), Actitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper), Limnodromus semipalmatus (Asian Dowitcher), Calidris canutus (Red Knot), Calidris minuta (Little Stint), Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper), Phalaropus lobatus (Red-necked Phalarope), Limicola falcinellus (Broad-billed Sandpiper), Pluvialis squatarola (Grey Plover ), Charadrius leschenaultii (Greater Sand Plover), Pluvialis fulva (Pacific Golden Plover), Charadrius mongolus (Lesser Sand Plover), Charadrius veredus (Oriental Plover), Vanellus miles (Masked Lapwing), Glareola maldivarum (Oriental Pratincole), Stiltia isabella (Australian Pratincole), Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit), Tringa nebularia (Common Greenshank), Heteroscelus brevipes (Grey-tailed Tattler), Arenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone), Calidris alba (Sanderling), Calidris tenuirostris (Great Knot), Calidris ruficollis (Red-necked Stint), Tringa nebularia (Common Greenshank), Tringa stagnatilis (Marsh Sandpiper), Anous stolidus (Common Noddy), Sula leucogaster (Brown Boobies), Fregata ariel (Lesser Frigatebirds), Anous minutus worcestri (Black Noddy), Anous tenuirostris (Lesser Noddy), Fregata minor (Great Frigatebird), Sula sula (Red-footed Booby), Sula dactylatra (Masked Booby), Phaethon lepturus (White-tailed Tropicbird), Phaethon rubricauda (Red-tailed Tropicbird), Ardenna pacifica (Wedge-tailed Shearwater), Egretta sacra (Eastern Reef Egret), Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern), Sterna bergii (Greater Crested Tern), Sterna anaethetus (Bridled Tern)
Pulu Keeling National Park
Location: North East Australia
Coordinates (lat, long): -17.609, 139.8824
Area: 7080 ha
Date of joining: 16 December, 2020
Other listings:
Important for Shorebirds, and Others
Important species: Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis, Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris, Red Knot Calidris canutus and Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii.
