Wandown Important Bird Area

The Wandown Important Bird Area comprises a 48 km² disjunct tract of remnant mallee habitat in northern

Swan Hill

.

Description

The

lignum and other non-mallee communities. The area has a warm, dry climate with mean maximum temperatures ranging from 33 °C in January to 15.7 °C in July, and mean annual rainfall of 320 mm.^[1]

Flora and fauna

Of the more than 200 species of plants recorded in the IBA, several are listed as threatened, including the yellow Swainson-pea. Mitchell's hopping mice and common brushtail possums are present.^[1]

Birds

The site has been identified as an IBA by

southern scrub-robins, chestnut quail-thrushes, chestnut-crowned babblers and black honeyeaters.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wandown. Downloaded from "BirdLife International - conserving the world's birds". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2007. on 2011-11-20.
^ "IBA: Wandown". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

34°47′22″S 143°02′17″E / 34.78944°S 143.03806°E / -34.78944; 143.03806

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[bli-1] BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wandown. Downloaded from "BirdLife International - conserving the world's birds". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2007. on 2011-11-20.

[2] "IBA: Wandown". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

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