|
Simpson Desert Important Bird Area
The Simpson Desert Important Bird Area comprises some 22,848 km2 of land within the Simpson Desert in south-western Queensland and north-eastern South Australia. It consists of five large contiguous reserves subject to little grazing pressure and good habitat management that are either known, or likely, to provide suitable habitat for Eyrean grasswrens. Description The extent of IBA overlaps land including the following protected areas and privately held reserves: the Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park in South Australia; the Munga-Thirri National Park in Queensland; the Bush Heritage reserves of Ethabuka and Cravens Peak; and the North Australian Pastoral Company-managed Mulligan River Nature Refuge in Queensland. The site contains parts of the spasmodically flooded Channel Country, intergrading into gidgee woodlands and tall shrubland communities. Other landforms include mesas, escarpments, gorges, gibber plains, dunefields, ephemeral clay pans, sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey-headed Honeyeater Newhaven Sep04
''Poliocephalus'' and its counterparts ''poliocephala'' and ''poliocephalum'' are Greek language, Greek words meaning 'grey-headed'. ''Poliocephalus (bird), Poliocephalus'' is the name for a genus of grebes, while ''Poliocephala (fly), Poliocephala'' is the name for a genus of flies. The two words are often used as the second word of a binomial name. Species names ''poliocephalus'' or ''poliocephala'' could refer to any of the following: Mammals * the grey-headed flying-fox, ''Pteropus poliocephalus'' * a tayra subspecies, ''Eira barbara poliocephala'' * the white-headed langur, ''Trachypithecus poliocephalus'' Birds * the ashy-headed goose ''Chloephaga poliocephala'' * the brown-chested alethe ''Pseudalethe poliocephala'' * the gray-crowned palm-tanager ''Phaenicophilus poliocephalus'' * the gray-crowned yellowthroat ''Geothlypis poliocephala'' * the grey-crowned flatbill ''Tolmomyias poliocephalus'' * the grey-headed babbler ''Stachyris poliocephala'' * the grey-headed greenb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
