Dampier Saltworks Important Bird Area
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The saltworks is an important site for the red-capped plover
The Dampier Saltworks Important Bird Area is a 52 km2 saltern lying close to the town of Dampier, an industrial port in the Pilbara region of north-west Western Australia. The salt processing facility is operated by Dampier Salt Ltd, part of the Rio Tinto Group.
Birds[]
The solar evaporation ponds at Dampier have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA). They regularly support over 1% of the world populations of the red-capped plover and red-necked stint and similarly support the Oriental plover and sharp-tailed sandpiper occasionally. The saltworks is also home to small numbers of the range-restricted dusky gerygone.[1]
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References[]
- ^ "IBA: Dampier Saltworks". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
Coordinates: 20°43′08″S 116°43′38″E / 20.71889°S 116.72722°E
Categories:
- Pilbara
- Saltworks
- Important Bird Areas of Western Australia
- Western Australia geography stubs