Mount Lyndhurst Important Bird Area
Mount Lyndhurst Important Bird Area comprises a 93 km2 part of Mount Lyndhurst Station, a pastoral lease lying on the north-west margin of the Flinders Ranges, about 30 km east of the town of Lyndhurst, South Australia. It is accessible via the Strzelecki Track.
Description
[edit]The extent of the Important Bird Area (IBA) is defined as all habitat suitable for chestnut-breasted whitefaces on Mount Lyndhurst Station. The habitat consists of low hills covered by gibber and shingle rock, forming a bare, stony surface dissected by numerous drainage lines. It also supports patches of low, open shrubland, mainly of low bluebush, bladder saltbush and other chenopods, with a sparse scattering of larger emu bushes and wattles. The climate is arid with hot summers and mild, dry winters. Mean maximum temperatures range from 35.5 °C in January to 17.3 °C in July. Mean minimum temperatures range from 20 °C in February to 4.1 °C in July. Mean annual rainfall is 165.6 mm.[1][2]
Criteria for nomination as an IBA
[edit]The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it contains the largest known population of the chestnut-breasted whitefaces within the eastern part of its range. It also supports populations of inland dotterels, thick-billed grasswrens, banded whitefaces, black and pied honeyeaters, gibberbirds, chirruping wedgebills and cinnamon quail-thrushes.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Lyndhurst. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/08/2011.
- ^ Bureau of Meteorology (2007) Climate statistics for Marree (Farina). Accessed via http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_017024.shtml on 2023/10/24
- ^ "IBA: Mount Lyndhurst". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
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