__NOTOC__ Pualco Range Conservation Park is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of Pualco Range about south of the town of Yunta in the state's

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. The conservation park was proclaimed under the '' National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' in 2010 as the land "supports high value habitat for the endangered plains wanderer, a distinctive, quail-like bird, as well as other species of state conservation significance including the Major Mitchell's cockatoo, blue-winged parrot and

peregrine falcon The peregrine falcon (''Falco peregrinus''), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan bird of prey (Bird of prey, raptor) in the family (biology), family Falco ...

". The conservation park is classified as an

IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...

Category VI protected area.

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Entry for Pualco Range Conservation Park on Protected Planet
Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 2010 2010 establishments in Australia Far North (South Australia) {{SouthAustralia-protected-area-stub

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