Lake Bindegolly National Park
| Lake Bindegolly National Park | |
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IUCN Category II (National Park)
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| Nearest town/city | Thargomindah |
| Coordinates | 28°00′48″S 144°11′37″E / 28.01333°S 144.19361°ECoordinates: 28°00′48″S 144°11′37″E / 28.01333°S 144.19361°E |
| Area | 140 km2 (54.1 sq mi) |
| Established | 1991 |
| Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Official site | www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/lake-bindegolly/ |
Lake Bindegolly is a national park in South West Queensland, Australia, 871 km west of Brisbane and 40 km from the town of Thargomindah. It is in the Mulga Lands bioregion and was established to protect a population of the rare plant Acacia ammophila.[1] It has three lakes, two saline and one freshwater.
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[edit] Birds
A 318 km2 area of the lake and its surrounds has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it has supported over 1% of the world populations of Blue-billed Ducks and Red-necked Avocets as well as populations of the biome-restricted Inland Dotterel, Bourke's Parrot, Slaty-backed Thornbill, Grey-headed Honeyeater, Black Honeyeater, Pied Honeyeater, Hall's Babbler, Chirruping Wedgebill and Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Morton, S.R.; Short, J.; & Barker, R.D. Refugia for Biological Diversity in Arid and Semi-arid Australia. Biodiversity Series, Paper No.4. Australian Government Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.[1]
- ^ "IBA: Lake Bindegolly". Birdata. Birds Australia. http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
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