Commonwealth of Australia

Summary

  • EAAFP Member since: 2006
  • Number of EAAFP Flyway Network Sites: 25
  • Focal point contact
    • Dr. Mark Carey
      Assistant Director of Biodiversity Conservation Division, Protected Species and Communities Branch, Migratory Species Section, Department of the Environment and Energy, Australian Government
      Email: [email protected]
      Tel: +61 2 6274 1873

Australia became a Partner in 2006 (MoP1). It now has 25 Flyway Network Sites, the most recent designation being 2017, January. Millions of migratory waterbirds visit each year to escape the northern hemisphere winter. They include Key Species of the EAAFP such as the Black-tailed Godwit, Great Knot and Far-Eastern Curlew.

Flyway Network Sites

Site Information

EAAF SITECODE NAME OF SITE SITE INFORMATION SHEET YEAR SIS UPDATED SITE PHOTOS VIEW IN GOOGLE EARTH
EAAF009 Corner Inlet SIS 2020
EAAF010 Hunter Estuary Ramsar Site n/a
EAAF011 Kakadu National Park n/a View
EAAF012 Logan Lagoon n/a
EAAF013 Moreton Bay n/a View
EAAF014 Orielton Lagoon n/a
EAAF015 Ord River Floodplain SIS 2017
EAAF016 The Coorong, Lake Alexandrina & Lake Albert n/a
EAAF017 Forrestdale and Thomsons Lake SIS 2017
EAAF065 Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula n/a
EAAF066 Western Port SIS 2020
EAAF089 Bowling Green Bay SIS 2006*
EAAF090 Currawinya National Park SIS 2005*
EAAF091 Discovery Bay Coastal Park SIS 2020
EAAF092 Great Sandy Strait SIS 2005*
EAAF093 Shallow Inlet Marine and Coastal Park SIS 2004*
EAAF094 Shoalwater Bay SIS 2005*
EAAF110 Eighty-Mile Beach, Western Australia SIS 2013 View
EAAF111 Roebuck Bay, Western Australia SIS 2013 View
EAAF120 South-East Gulf of Carpentaria: Karumba Smithburne (DeltaDowns) SIS 2014 View
EAAF125 South-East Gulf of Carpentaria: Nijinda Durlga (Tarrant) SIS 2016 View
EAAF131 Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary SIS 2016 View
EAAF132 Ashmore Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve SIS 2016
EAAF136 Pulu Keeling National Park SIS 2016 View
EAAF149 South-East Gulf of Carpentaria: Leichhardt River to Gore
Point (Wernadinga Coast)
SIS 2020 View

 

SIS indicates that the Site Information Sheet was last updated more than 6 years ago.

Site Details

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Key Species of EAAFP in Australia

Shorebird

Curlew Sandpiper

Red Knot

Great Knot

Asian Dowitcher

Far Eastern Curlew

Eurasian Curlew

Black-tailed Godwit

Spotted Greenshank

 

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