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Pallarup Nature Reserve
The Dunn Rock and Lake King, Western Australia, Lake King Important Bird Area is a 759 km2 irregularly shaped tract of land in the south-eastern Wheatbelt (Western Australia), wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It lies about 380 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia, Perth and 250 km north-east of Albany, Western Australia, Albany. Description The boundaries of the Important Bird Area (IBA) are defined by the remnant native vegetation associated with Pallarup, Dunn Rock and Lake King Nature Reserves as well as with that on adjacent unallocated Crown Land. It is surrounded by land cleared for farming. The site is one of the largest remaining Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands, mallee remnants within the wheatbelt, containing plant community, plant communities that have largely been cleared elsewhere. It consists mainly of mallee, mallee-heath and salt pan (geology), salt pans, and receives around 400 mm of rain annually.BirdLife International. Birds T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichenostomus Cratitius
The purple-gaped honeyeater (''Lichenostomus cratitius'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is Endemism, endemic to semi-arid southern Australia, where it inhabits Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands, Mallee, tall heath and associated low eucalypt woodland.Menkhorst, P., Rogers, D., Clarke, R., Davies, J., Marsack, P., Franklin, K. (2019) ''The Australian Bird Guide: Revised Edition'', CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Victoria, Description The Purple-gaped Honeyeater is a medium-sized (16 - 19 centimetres) honeyeater which is generally grey-olive above and buffish yellow below. They have a patterned head, with a black eyestripe against a grey background and purple gape above a yellow streak on the throat and pointed yellow ear coverts. Juveniles are similar, but with duller facial patterns, slightly browner plumage, and a yellow gape and gape line. The Kangaroo Island subspecies is considered to be larger and darker than the mainland subspecies. Similar species incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
