Central NSW Mallee Important Bird Area
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New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It lies near the small town of Mount Hope and comprises the nature reserve
Nature reserve
A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...
s of Yathong, Nombinnie and Round Hill, with some unreserved crown land, containing remnant mallee woodland and shrubland habitat
Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands is a Major Vegetation Group which occurs in semi-arid areas of southern Australia. The vegetation is dominated by mallee eucalypts which are rarely over 6 metres high...
. It was identified and classified as an Important Bird Area
Important Bird Area
An Important Bird Area is an area recognized as being globally important habitat for the conservation of bird populations. Currently there are about 10,000 IBAs worldwide. The program was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International...
(IBA) because it supports isolated key populations of the Malleefowl
Malleefowl
The Malleefowl is a stocky ground-dwelling Australian bird about the size of a domestic chicken...
(with from 250 to 500 individuals present) and the Red-lored Whistler
Red-lored Whistler
The Red-Lored Whistler is similar, in many respects, to the Gilbert Whistler, to which it is clearly related, and from which it must be distinguished: the range of the Red-lored Whistler falls entirely within that of the Gilbert Whistler. The two species share the same habitat, behaviour and even...
(with up to 68 breeding pairs). It is also at the centre of distribution in New South Wales for other mallee bird species, including the Shy Heathwren
Shy Heathwren
The Shy Heathwren is a species of small bird in the Acanthizidae family, endemic to Australia. They inhabit mostly mallee woodland that has relatively dense shrub and heath understorey. Shy Heathwrens feed mostly on ground dwelling insects; rarely on seeds. Their ground level nests are dome-shaped...
, Striated Grasswren
Striated Grasswren
The Striated Grasswren is a species of bird in the Maluridae family.It is endemic to Australia.-References:* BirdLife International 2006. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....
, Southern Scrub-robin
Southern Scrub-robin
The Southern Scrub-robin is a species of bird in the Petroicidae family.It is endemic to Australia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....
and Chestnut Quail-thrush
Chestnut Quail-thrush
The Chestnut-backed Quail-thrush or Chestnut Quail-thrush is a species of bird in the Cinclosomatidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.-References:...
.
See also
- Riverland Mallee Important Bird AreaRiverland Mallee Important Bird AreaThe Riverland Mallee Important Bird Area comprises a 12,200 km2 tract of mallee habitat and riverine woodland extending from near Waikerie in the Riverland region of eastern South Australia north-eastwards into south-western New South Wales....
- Southern NSW Mallee Important Bird AreaSouthern NSW Mallee Important Bird AreaThe Southern NSW Mallee Important Bird Area comprises an irregularly shaped 8232 km2 tract of land in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It is roughly bounded by the Murray River in the south, the Darling River in the west, and the Willandra Lakes in the north...