21 (CT) * Black-eared Cuckoo Superb Parrot (female) Parrot Superb Chalcites osculans NT 19 (CT)Chalcites Turquoise Parrot (female) Parrot Turquoise 40 (CT) Psephotus haematonotus 27 (CT) haematonotus Psephotus Red-rumped Parrot (female) Parrot Red-rumped * Neophema pulchella NT L Polytelis swainsonii – Nationally Vulnerable swainsonii Polytelis EN L 21 (DI) * Swift Parrot 25 (CT) * Superb Parrot (male) Parrot Superb Turquoise Parrot (male) Parrot Turquoise 40 (DI) Red-rumped Parrot (male) Parrot Red-rumped Psephotus haematonotus 27 (CT) haematonotus Psephotus * EN L Neophema pulchella NT L Polytelis swainsonii – Nationally Vulnerable swainsonii Polytelis Lathamus discolor – Nationally Endangered discolor Lathamus EN L 19 (CT) * Musk Lorikeet Square-tailed Kite Turnix varia varia Turnix Painted Button-quail Painted Purple-crowned Lorikeet Lophoictinia isura VU 52 (CT) isura Lophoictinia Glossopsitta concinna 22 (CT)Glossopsitta concinna 18 (DI) Glossopsitta porphyrocephala 56 (CT) * Little Lorikeet Peaceful Dove Dove Peaceful Bush Stone-curlew Geopelia 22 (CT) striata Spotted Quail-thrushSpotted Glossopsitta pusilla 17 (CT) Cinclosoma punctatum NT 26 (DI) Burhinus grallarius EN L grallarius Burhinus of North East of North An Identification and ConservationAn Identification Guide Woodland Woodland

Woodland Birds of North East Victoria 15 (DI) * Varied Sittella Varied Noisy Friarbird Noisy White-browed Babbler White-browed Philemon corniculatus 33 (CT) corniculatus Philemon Black-chinned Melithreptus gularis NT Melithreptus Daphoenositta chrysoptera 11 (CT) Pomatostomus superciliosus 20 (CT) superciliosus Pomatostomus 27 (DI) * 13 (DI) * Little Friarbird Red Wattlebird Grey-crowned Babbler Grey-crowned Philemon citreogularis 27 (DI) citreogularis Philemon Brown-headed Honeyeater Brown-headed Anthochaera carunculata 35 (CT) carunculata Anthochaera Melithreptus brevirostris brevirostris Melithreptus Pomatostomus temporalis EN L temporalis Pomatostomus Spotted Spotted Pardalotus punctatus 10 (CT)Pardalotus New Holland Honeyeater Holland New Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Yellow-tufted White-plumed Honeyeater melanops 18 (CT)Lichenostomus Lichenostomus penicillatus 16 (DI) Lichenostomus Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 18 (CT) novaehollandiae Phylidonyris 15 (DI) 15 (CT) * * 22 (CT) Striated Pardalote Striated Regent Honeyeater Regent * Painted Honeyeater Painted Fuscous Honeyeater Fuscous Pardalotus striatus 10 (CT) striatus Pardalotus Lichenostomus fuscus Lichenostomus VU L picta Grantiella CR L Anthochaera phrygia – Nationally EndangeredAnthochaera 12 (DI) * Sacred King sher Sacred Bu-rumped Thornbill Bu-rumped albogularis 10 (DI) Acanthiza reguloides 11 (CT) reguloides Acanthiza Todirhamphus sanctus 21 (CT)Todirhamphus White-throated GerygoneWhite-throated Pyrrholaemus sagittatus VU L 41 (CT) * 11 (CT) * Barking Owl Western Gerygone Western Brown Treecreeper Brown Southern Whiteface Gerygone fusca Gerygone fusca Climacteris picumnus 16 (CT)Climacteris picumnus Aphelocephala leucopsis 10 (DI) Aphelocephala leucopsis Ninox connivens EN L connivens Ninox

Woodland Birds of North East Victoria 16 (DI) * Apostlebird Red-browed Finch Red-browed Struthidea cinerea 31 (CT)Struthidea cinerea Mistletoebird (female) Mistletoebird Hooded Robin (female) Neochmia temporalis 12 (CT)Neochmia temporalis Dicaeum hirundinaceum 11 (CT) hirundinaceum Dicaeum Melanodryas cucullata NT 16 (CT) * 13 (CT) * Jacky Winter Jacky Mistletoebird (male) Mistletoebird Hooded Robin (male) White-winged Chough Microeca fascinans fascinans Microeca Dicaeum hirundinaceum 11 (DI) hirundinaceum Dicaeum Corcorax melanorhamphos 45 (CT)Corcorax Melanodryas cucullata NT 12 (DI) * Dusky Woodswallow Petroica boodang 13 (DI) Petroica Flame Robin (female) Flame Scarlet (female) Robin Petroica phoenicea 14 (DI) phoenicea Petroica Artamus 18 (DI) cyanopterus Petroica goodenovii goodenovii Petroica Red-capped Robin (female) 12 (CT) * Grey Shrike-thrush Grey Flame Robin (male) Flame Scarlet (male) Robin Petroica boodang 13 (CT)Petroica Petroica phoenicea 14 (CT) phoenicea Petroica Red-capped Robin (male) Petroica goodenovii goodenovii Petroica Colluricincla harmonica 24 (CT) harmonica Colluricincla Lalage sueurii 18 (CT) sueurii Lalage White-winged Triller Coracina papuensis 27 (DI) Coracina Falcunculus frontatus 18 (DI) frontatus Falcunculus Rufous Whistler Whistler Rufous (female) Crested Shrike-tit (female) Crested Pachycephala ru ventris 17 (DI) ru ventris Pachycephala White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 20 (DI) Myiagra Rufous Whistler Whistler Rufous (male) Falcunculus frontatus 18 (DI) frontatus Falcunculus Crested Shrike-tit (male) Crested Pachycephala ru ventris 17 (DI) ru ventris Pachycephala Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike Black-faced Coracina novaehollandiae 33 (CT) novaehollandiae Coracina

Woodland Birds of North East Victoria Woodland Birds of North East Victoria An Identi cation and Conservation Guide Declining woodland community You can help Victoria’s woodlands are renowned for their rich and varied bird life. Unfortunately, Victoria’s woodlands are renowned for their rich and varied bird life. To help conserve Victoria’s woodland birds you can: one in five woodland bird in Australia are now threatened. These species Unfortunately one in five woodland bird species in Australia are now are declining due to historical clearing and fragmentation of habitat, lack of habitat • Participate in survey and monitoring events such as the twice annual threatened. The most rapidly declining species are those that rely on mature regeneration, competition from aggressive species and predation by cats and Regent Honeyeater and Swift Parrot Survey weekends and the annual trees (especially hollow-bearing trees) and those that forage, nest or live on foxes. See inside this brochure for ways to help conserve these woodland birds. Lurg Woodland Bird Survey. the ground. Under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988), the Victorian • Submit records of birds you have seen (especially rare or threatened Victorian Conservation Status Temperate Woodland Bird Community is listed as a threatened ecological species) to databases such as the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (Department community. Twenty-two of the twenty-four species from that community are CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered of Sustainability and Environment) or the Atlas of Australian Birds (Birds found in North East Victoria and are shown in this brochure. VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened Australia). L Listed under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (FFG, 1988) Why are woodland bird numbers declining? • Join a local community group such as Field Naturalists, Environment, Member of the FFG listed ‘Victorian Temperate Woodland Bird Community’ Friends of, or Landcare. * • Historical clearing and fragmentation impacts • Be a responsible pet owner and confine your pets. Wandering cats are Size: Approximate length from bill tip to tail tip (cm) Since European settlement over 80% of woodlands in south-east major predators of native birds. Australia have been cleared. Remaining remnants are generally isolated Guide to symbols Tips for Land holders / Land managers of woodland patches: and small, and often below the critical size needed to sustain healthy Food Source Habitat populations of many bird species. • Protect and expand existing remnants – the bigger the better. Nectar and pollen Ground layer • Protect the best bits rst such as diverse native habitats or streamside vegetation. Seeds Understorey • Enter Conservation Covenant agreements to provide permanent Fruits and berries Tree trunks protection. • Fence patches to permanently exclude stock or allow infrequent pulse Invertebrates Nests in hollows grazing to manage exotic grass/weed levels. Aim to achieve native tree, Small prey Canopy shrub and ground cover regeneration. • Control weeds: Replace woody weeds with native shrubs to provide Websites: important small bird habitat. Reduce other high threat invasive species. Birds Australia www.birdsaustralia.com.au Natural regeneration with a diversity of habitats provides • Restore: Plant seedlings of key native tree, shrub and groundcover important refuge for woodland birds (GJ) species to enhance diversity and re-create understorey structure Birds in Backyards www.birdsinbackyards.net • Lack of habitat regeneration • Retain important habitat features such as fallen timber, dead trees Department of Sustainability & Environment www.dse.vic.gov.au (see the Conserving Threatened Species & Communities’ web pages) Native tree and shrub seedlings and grassy woodland groundcover (especially those with crevices or hollows) and rocky outcrops. species are highly susceptible to domestic stock grazing (and in some • Control pests and predators especially rabbits, cats and foxes (where Land for Wildlife instances kangaroo browsing pressure). Many woodland remnants in possible). www.dse.vic.gov.au/plants-and-animals/native-plants-and-/land-for-wildlife poor condition lack native plant diversity and therefore have low habitat • Gain further knowledge & ideas: Refer to further information and Trust for Nature (Conservation Covenants on private land) www.tfn.org.au value for woodland birds. contacts on the back of this brochure. Greening Australia www.greeningaustralia.org.au • Competition Landcare Victoria www.landcarevic.net.au The Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) is a native species that often Revegetation guides and remnant protection incentives www.gbcma.vic.gov.au/default.as- aggressively excludes other small woodland birds from remnants they p?ID=revegetation_guide_for_the_gbc occupy. Unfortunately, Noisy Miners have benefited from landscape-scale www.dse.vic.gov.au/land-management/land/native-vegetation-home clearing and fragmentation. They typically dominate open Eucalypt (see North East Guide) woodland remnants on farms, in tree corridors and clumps of paddock For more information: trees - especially those lacking a shrubby understorey. Department of Sustainability and Environment Wangaratta (03) 5723 8600 The Indian (or Common) Myna (Acridotheres tristis) is an exotic pest Wodonga (02) 6043 7900 species that also displaces native species, especially in built-up areas. Benalla (03) 5761 1611 www.dse.vic.gov.au Birds Australia Melbourne (03) 9347 0757 www.birdsaustralia.com.au North East Catchment Management Authority Wodonga (02) 6043 7600 Brush-tailed Phascogale Squirrel Glider www.necma.vic.gov.au Phascogale tapoatafa VU (CT) Petaurus norfolcensis EN (GJ) Goulburn-Broken Catchment Management Authority Shepparton (03) 5820 1100 www.gbcma.vic.gov.au Noisy Miner Indian Myna Revegetation efforts for woodland bird conservation should be targeted Acknowledgements: Manorina melanocephala 26 (CT) Acridotheres tristis 24 (CT) at increasing the size and quality of existing remnants and creating or Photographs donated by: Dean Ingwersen (DI) Chris Tzaros (CT) Glen Johnson (GJ) widening wildlife corridors wherever possible. This not only benefits the bird Cover photograph: Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata VU * 12 (CT) • Predation community but many other species, such as the threatened Brush-tailed Compiled by: Catherine Nield & Glen Johnson (Department of Sustainability and Environment) Woodland bird species that nest or forage on the ground are particularly Phascogale and Squirrel Glider that rely on habitat connectivity to move Chris Tzaros & Dean Ingwersen (Birds Australia) vulnerable to predation by cats and foxes. throughout the landscape. © The State of Victoria Department of Sustainability and Environment 2013. © Design - Colourfield Design www.colourfield.com.au This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968