Dampier_Saltworks_Important_Bird_Area

Dampier Saltworks Important Bird Area

Dampier Saltworks Important Bird Area

Important Bird Area in Western Australia

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.

The saltworks is an important site for the red-capped plover

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]

See also

Panorama of saltworks at Dampier, November 2006

References

  1. [1]
    "IBA: Dampier Saltworks". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

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