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 Important Bird Area (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 2 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 / -36.85861; 143.13167


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