They were classified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because they support more than 1% of the world populations of Red-necked Stint, Chestnut Teal and Pacific Gull.
The area is a drought refuge for the Chestnut Teal and is a good example of a naturally saline river with an undisturbed coastal lagoon.
The lakes have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because they regularly support over 1% of the global populations of Black Swans, Chestnut Teals and Musk Ducks, as well as many Fairy Terns.
The site has been identified as an IBA by BirdLife International because it supports over 1% of the world populations of Chestnut Teals and Pied Oystercatchers.
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Containing the most extensive intertidal mudflats in Victoria, it supports over 1% of the world populations of Chestnut Teal, Far Eastern Curlew, Red-necked Stint, Pied and Sooty Oystercatchers and the Hooded Plover.
The lake has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it often supports over 1% of the world population of Black Swans, especially in drought years, as well as of Chestnut Teals.
Other waterbirds with recorded counts of over 1000 at some time include the Australian Shelduck, Pacific Black Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Grey and Chestnut Teal, Purple Swamphen, Eurasian Coot, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Silver Gull and Whiskered Tern.