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Warby–Chiltern Box–Ironbark Region
The Warby–Chiltern Box–Ironbark Region comprises a cluster of separate blocks of remnant box-ironbark forest habitat, with a collective area of 253 km2, in north eastern Victoria, south-eastern Australia. Description This site lies to the east of the Rushworth Box-Ironbark Region IBA. It includes the Reef Hills and Warby-Ovens National Parks, Killawarra Forest, Chesney Hills, Mount Meg Reserves, Winton Wetlands Reserve, the Boweya Flora and Fauna Reserve, Rutherglen Conservation Reserve, Mount Lady Franklin Reserve and part of Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park. Most of it lies within protected areas or state forests, encompassing only small blocks of private land.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-11-20. Birds The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it provides feeding habitat for relatively large nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Painted Honeyeater
The painted honeyeater (''Grantiella picta'') is a species of honeyeater in a monotypic taxon, monotypic genus. Taxonomy A member of the family Meliphagidae, ''Grantiella picta'' is the sole species under this genus. The painted honeyeater was first described in 1838 by John Gould, Gould and given the name ''Entomophila picta'',Gould, J. (1865). ''Handbook to the birds of Australia''. Retrieved from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34074714#page/540/mode/1up but it was renamed ''Grantiella picta'' in 1911 by Gregory Macalister Mathews, Mathews. It took another sixty years from its initial description before details of its eggs, habits, and distribution began to be investigated and recorded. Its genus name is in reference to Robert Grant, a Scottish-born taxidermist and collector, while the species name originates from the Latin word for painted, ''pictus'', and refers to the yellow markings on the feathers of its tail and wings. DNA sequencing has helped in organising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crested Bellbird
The crested bellbird (''Oreoica gutturalis'') is a medium-sized passerine bird in the family Oreoicidae. It is native to drier parts of Australia where its typical habitats are acacia scrublands, eucalypt woodlands, spinifex and saltbush plains, and dunes. The male is about long and has a grey head, a black crest and breast, and a grey or olive brown body. The female and juvenile are similar but the colours are more muted and the black breast is lacking. The distinctive call is a high pitched bell-like sound, audible at some distance. Sometimes a pair of birds duet. The crested bellbird feeds on seeds and small invertebrates, foraging on the ground or in low bushes. The deep, cup-shaped nest is usually within a couple of metres of the ground, built in the fork of a branch or in a crevice in a stump. It is made from small twigs and bark and lined with finer material. Up to four eggs are laid and these are incubated by both parents. Overall this bird is quite common, but in some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Honeyeater
The black honeyeater (''Sugomel nigrum'') is a species of bird in the honeyeater family (biology), family Meliphagidae. The black honeyeater exhibits sexual dimorphism, with the male being black and white while the female is a speckled grey-brown; immature birds look like the female. The species is Endemism, endemic to Australia, and ranges widely across the arid areas of the continent, through open woodland and shrubland, particularly in areas where the Eremophila (plant), emu bush and related species occur. A nectar feeder, the black honeyeater has a long curved bill to reach the base of tubular flowers such as those of the emu bush. It also takes insects in the air, and regularly eats ash left behind at campfires. Cup-shaped nests are built in the forks of small trees or shrubs. The male engages in a soaring song flight in the mating season, but contributes little to nest-building or incubating the clutch of two or three eggs. Both sexes feed and care for the young. While the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert's Whistler
Gilbert's whistler (''Pachycephala inornata'') is a Monotypic taxon, monotypic species of bird Endemism, endemic to Australia, scattered in Semi-arid climate, semi-arid zones of southern Australia. Taxonomy The family Pachycephalidae originated within the Australo-Papuan region. Together with the red-lored whistler and the olive whistler, Gilbert's whistler is Basal (phylogenetics), basal to the genus Pachycephala – the typical whistlers. This old Monotypic taxon, monotypic Lineage (anthropology), lineage represents a Relict (biology), relictual form that was once more widespread. John Gould, who first described this species in 1841, named it after Mr Gilbert who discovered the bird in Western Australia and collected Zoological specimen, specimens that he handed over to Gould. As for its Binomial nomenclature, scientific name – ''Pachycephala inornata'' – in Ancient Greek ''pachys'' and ''kephale'' respectively mean ‘thick’ and ‘head’; several of the members of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
