St Arnaud Box-Ironbark Region

Swift Parrot perched in eucalypt foliage
The region is important for Swift Parrots

The St Arnaud Box-Ironbark Region is a 481 km2 fragmented and irregularly shaped tract of land that encompasses all the Box-Ironbark forest and woodland remnants used as winter feeding habitat by Swift Parrots in the St Arnaud-Stawell region of central Victoria, south-eastern Australia.

Description

The site lies west of the Maryborough-Dunolly Box-Ironbark Region Important Bird Area (IBA). It includes the St Arnaud Range National Park, several nature reserves and state forests, with a few small blocks of private land. It excludes other areas of woodland that are less suitable for the parrots.[1]

Birds

The region was identified as an IBA because, when flowering conditions are suitable it supports up to about 75 non-breeding Swift Parrots. It is also home to small populations of Diamond Firetails and non-breeding Flame Robins.[2] Other declining woodland birds recorded from the IBA include Brown Treecreepers, Speckled Warblers, Hooded and Pink Robins, Crested Bellbirds and Black Honeyeaters.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: St Arnaud Box-Ironbark Region. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-10-22.
  2. ↑ "IBA: St Arnaud Box-Ironbark Region". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 2011-10-22.

Coordinates: 36°51′31″S 143°07′54″E / 36.85861°S 143.13167°E