Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary

Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Dry Creek salt crystallisation pans
Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara
Coordinates	34°35′40″S 138°23′54″E / 34.59444°S 138.39833°E / -34.59444; 138.39833Coordinates: 34°35′40″S 138°23′54″E / 34.59444°S 138.39833°E / -34.59444; 138.39833
Established	27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)
Managing authorities	Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Website	Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara
Footnotes	IUCN
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

The Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park—Winaityinaityi Pangkara is a protected area in South Australia established by the South Australian government on the northeast coast of Gulf St Vincent, between Parham in the north and the southern end of Barker Inlet in the south, for the purpose of rehabilitating land used as salt pans, protecting habitat for international migratory shorebirds, managing water quality in adjoining parts of Gulf St Vincent, creation of ‘green’ space, development of niche tourism and creation of opportunities for indigenous people.

This very low-gradient, low-energy coastline, containing a broad lateral extent of subtidal seagrass meadows, intertidal mangroves and supratidal saltmarshes and salinas, extends from the Adelaide metropolitan area as far as the head of Gulf St Vincent, and is also known as the "Samphire Coast". The coastline north of Parham, outside the proposed sanctuary, also has a high degree of protection through being in the Port Wakefield Proof and Experimental Establishment, and the Clinton Conservation Park.

The Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary is a protected area established by the SA government for the northeast coast of Gulf St Vincent extending from Adelaide to its immediate north with the view of achieving the five key outcomes:

A driver for the proposal is the need to rehabilitate land previously used at Dry Creek, St Kilda and other localities as salt pans and managing the environmental risks arising from the cessation of salt evaporation process of salt extract such as exposing of acid sulphate soils.

The Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary extends from Barker Inlet in the south to Parham in the north over a distance of 60 kilometres (37 miles). Its extent overlaps and adjoins existing protected areas such as the Port Gawler and Torrens Island conservation parks, the Upper Gulf St Vincent Marine Park, the Barker Inlet-St Kilda Aquatic Reserve, the St Kilda – Chapman Creek Aquatic Reserve and the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary.