Gluepot Reserve

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A Striated Grasswren (Amytornis striatus), one of the reserve's bird residents

Gluepot Reserve is a 540 km2 nature reserve established by Birds Australia in 1997 by the purchase, through a public appeal, of Gluepot Station, a pastoral lease in the semi-arid mallee region of South Australia. The decision to purchase Gluepot Station, Birds Australia's first reserve, was taken in order to protect its outstanding floral and faunal values, under threat because of an application by the lessee to burn the property to provide grazing for sheep. Gluepot is part of the Riverland Biosphere Reserve which forms part of the 12,200 km2 Riverland Mallee Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International for its importance in the conservation of mallee birds and their habitats.[1]

Nearly 200 species of birds have been recorded at Gluepot. These include the nationally threatened Malleefowl, Regent Parrot, Red-lored Whistler and Black-eared Miner. A further 33 species are considered to be regionally threatened. Scarlet-chested Parrots are known to have bred on Gluepot in the past, and still visit the reserve.

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  1. ↑ "IBA: Riverland Mallee". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 2011-09-29. 

Coordinates: 33°45′47″S 140°07′30″E / 33.763°S 140.125°E / -33.763; 140.125


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