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The Mundaring-Kalamunda Important Bird Area comprises a fragmented 137 km2 of land centred on the towns of Mundaring and Kalamunda in the
The Mundaring-Kalamunda Important Bird Area comprises a fragmented 137 km2 of land centred on the towns of Mundaring and Kalamunda in the Darling Scarp
The Darling Scarp, also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain and Perth, Western Australia. The escarpment extends generally north of Bindoon, to t ...
region of Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
. It lies inside, as well as adjacent to the Beelu National Park.
Description
The boundaries of the Important Bird Area (IBA) are defined by the presence of blocks of native vegetation greater than 1 ha within a 6 km foraging radius of two prominent, non-breeding season, roost sites for long-billed black cockatoos.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mundaring-Kalamunda. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/08/2011.Birds
The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it supports about 800 long-billed black cockatoos, and up to 200short-billed black cockatoo
Carnaby's black cockatoo (''Zanda latirostris''), also known as the short-billed black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo endemic to southwest Australia. It was described in 1948 by naturalist Ivan Carnaby. Measuring in length, it has a s ...
s, in the non-breeding season. It also supports important populations of red-capped parrot
The red-capped parrot (''Purpureicephalus spurius'') is a species of broad-tailed parrot native to southwestern Australia. It was described by Heinrich Kuhl in 1820, with no subspecies recognised. It has long been classified in its own genus o ...
s, western rosella
The western rosella (''Platycercus icterotis''), or moyadong, is a species of parrot endemic to southwestern Australia. The head and underparts are bright red, and the back is mottled black; a yellow patch at the cheek distinguishes it from oth ...
s, red-winged fairywren
The red-winged fairywren (''Malurus elegans'') is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is non-migratory and endemic to the southwestern corner of Western Australia. Exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorph ...
s, western spinebill
The western spinebill (''Acanthorhynchus superciliosus'') is a honeyeater found in the heath and woodland of south-western Australia. Ranging between long, it weighs around . It has a black head, gray back and wings, with a red band behind its ...
s, western thornbill
The western thornbill (''Acanthiza inornata'') is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae.
It is endemic to southwestern Australia.
Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and b ...
s, western yellow and white-breasted robins, and red-eared firetails. Rufous treecreepers and the forest redtail subspecies of red-tailed black-cockatoo (''Calyptorhynchus banksii naso'') have been regularly recorded.
References
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