Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello Important Bird Area

Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello Important Bird Area
Purple-gaped Honeyeater perched on a branch
The IBA is an important site for Purple-gaped Honeyeaters

The Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello Important Bird Area comprises 7004 km2 of mallee habitat in the Mallee region of north-western Victoria, Australia.

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Description

The IBA encompasses several protected areas with blocks of contiguous uncleared native vegetation. It includes three large area of protected land – most of the Murray-Sunset National Park and the Annuello Nature Conservation Reserve, and the whole of the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park – with some smaller reserves.[1]

Birds

The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of globally threatened Malleefowl, Black-eared Miners and Mallee Emu-wren, as well as Red-lored Whistlers, Regent Parrots and Purple-gaped Honeyeaters. In the Hattah lakes it contains ephemeral wetlands which occasionally support large numbers of waterbirds,[2] including Hoary-headed Grebes, Freckled Ducks, Pacific Black Ducks, Grey Teals, Hardheads, Pink-eared Ducks, Black-fronted Dotterels and Australian Pelicans.[1]

Threats

A management need is to reduce the incidence of large-scale, high intensity, bushfires in the park, allied with ongoing research on fire management strategies for conservation of threatened mallee species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/08/2011.
  2. ^ "IBA: Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello". Birdata. Birds Australia. http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 

Coordinates: 34°47′23″S 141°40′13″E / 34.78972°S 141.67028°E / -34.78972; 141.67028


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