Internationally Significant Sites

For sites to qualify as internationally important for migratory shorebirds they must meet the following criteria:

• Areas where 20,000 or more shorebirds have been recorded (includes migratory and resident species); and/or,
• Areas where 1% or more of the individuals of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway population of one species or sub-species of shorebird have been recorded. Download 1% threshold figures for migratory shorebirds.

Internationally significant sites in the EAAF:

Wetland International’s population estimates:

‘Migratory Shorebirds of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway; Population Estimates and Internationally Important Sites’. Author(s): Bamford, M, D. Watkins, W. Bancroft, G. Tischler and J. Wahl. Date of Publication: 2008 ISBN: 9789058820082. http://www.wetlands.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=diJefgCZgFU%3d&tabid=56

The Flyway partnership:  http://www.eaaflyway.net/

Internationally important sites sorted by State and Natural Resource Management (NRM) regions

South Australia

Victoria

Queensland

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Tasmania

Western Australia

Internationally important sites sorted by Site Names

Sites By Name

To access maps of internationally important sites please visit: www.wetlands-oceania.org/

Ackowledgement: Wetlands International – Oceania for the analysis of shorebird count data.