Maryborough-Dunolly Box-Ironbark Region

The region is important for Swift Parrots

The Maryborough-Dunolly Box-Ironbark Region includes all the Box-Ironbark forest and woodland remnants used as winter feeding habitat by Swift Parrots in the Maryborough-Dunolly region of central Victoria, south-eastern Australia. The 900 km² region was identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) and includes several nature reserves, state parks and state forests, with only a few small blocks of private land. It excludes adjacent areas of woodland that are less suitable for the parrots.^[1]

Birds

The region was identified as an IBA because, when the flowering conditions are suitable it supports up to about 250 non-breeding Swift Parrots. It is also home to a small population of Diamond Firetails.^[2] Other woodland birds recorded from the IBA include Painted Honeyeaters, Brown Treecreepers, Speckled Warblers, Hooded Robins, Crested Bellbirds and Gilbert's Whistlers, with migrant Black Honeyeaters and Pink Robins seen occasionally.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Maryborough-Dunolly Box-Ironbark Region. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2011.
2. ^ "IBA: Maryborough-Dunolly Box-Ironbark Region". Birdata. Birds Australia. http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm. Retrieved 2011-08-21. 

Coordinates: 36°49′44″S 143°41′25″E / 36.82889°S 143.69028°E / -36.82889; 143.69028