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Mount Lyndhurst Important Bird Area

Coordinates: 30°11′31″S 138°38′05″E / 30.19194°S 138.63472°E / -30.19194; 138.63472
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Mount Lyndhurst IBA is located in South Australia
Mount Lyndhurst IBA
Mount Lyndhurst IBA
Location of the Mount Lyndhurst Important Bird Area in South Australia
Frontal view of chestnut-breasted whiteface
The IBA is an important site for chestnut-breasted whitefaces

Mount Lyndhurst Important Bird Area comprises a 93 km2 part of Mount Lyndhurst Station, a pastoral lease lying on the north-west margin of the Flinders Ranges, about 30 km east of the town of Lyndhurst, South Australia. It is accessible via the Strzelecki Track.

Description

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The extent of the Important Bird Area (IBA) is defined as all habitat suitable for chestnut-breasted whitefaces on Mount Lyndhurst Station. The habitat consists of low hills covered by gibber and shingle rock, forming a bare, stony surface dissected by numerous drainage lines. It also supports patches of low, open shrubland, mainly of low bluebush, bladder saltbush and other chenopods, with a sparse scattering of larger emu bushes and wattles. The climate is arid with hot summers and mild, dry winters. Mean maximum temperatures range from 35.5 °C in January to 17.3 °C in July. Mean minimum temperatures range from 20 °C in February to 4.1 °C in July. Mean annual rainfall is 165.6 mm.[1][2]

Criteria for nomination as an IBA

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The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it contains the largest known population of the chestnut-breasted whitefaces within the eastern part of its range. It also supports populations of inland dotterels, thick-billed grasswrens, banded whitefaces, black and pied honeyeaters, gibberbirds, chirruping wedgebills and cinnamon quail-thrushes.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Lyndhurst. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/08/2011.
  2. ^ Bureau of Meteorology (2007) Climate statistics for Marree (Farina). Accessed via http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_017024.shtml on 2023/10/24
  3. ^ "IBA: Mount Lyndhurst". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

30°11′31″S 138°38′05″E / 30.19194°S 138.63472°E / -30.19194; 138.63472