10.1071/WR09054 © CSIRO 2009
Accessory Publication: Wildlife Research , 2009, 36 (7), 617–626.
Interspecific competition and conservation management of continuous subtropical wetlands A. L. Howes and M. Maron
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The number of sites in which each bird species was recorded and the categories it was assigned to (marked with ). S = small passerines <27 cm and share a similar diet to
the noisy miner, D = decliner species currently listed as threatened, vulnerable or
endangered in Australia, T = noisy miner tolerant species, G = ground foraging
species of remnant woodland, F = farmland species commonly associated with
cleared and modified open woodland.
No. of sites Bird categories Species recorded S D T G F
GALLIFORMES
King quail 1 Coturnix chinensis
COLUMBIFORMES
Common bronzewing 10 Phaps chalcoptera
Crested pigeon 8 Ocyphaps lophotes
Squatter pigeon 3 Geophaps scripta
Peaceful dove 7 Geopelia striata Bar-shouldered dove 5 Geopelia humeralis
CHARADRIIFORMES
Bush stone-curlew 1 Burhinus grallarius
Painted button-quail 1 Turnix varia
PSITTACIFORMES
Yellow-tailed black-cockatoo 1 Calyptorhynchus funereus
Sulphur-crested cockatoo 6 Cacatua galerita
Rainbow lorikeet 12 Trichoglossus haematodus
Scaly-breasted lorikeet 1 Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Australian king-parrot 4 Alisterus scapularis
Red-winged parrot 2 Aprosmictus erythropterus
Pale-headed rosella 13 Platycerus adscitus
CUCULIFORMES
Pheasant coucal 4 Centropus phasianinus Channel-billed cuckoo 2 Scythrops novaehollandiae
Brush cuckoo 1 Cacomantis variolosus
CORACIIFORMES
Laughing kookaburra 13 Dacelo novaeguineae
PASSERIFORMES
White-throated treecreeper 6 Cormobates leucophaeus
Splendid fairy-wren 2 Malurus splendens
Red-backed fairy-wren 3 Malurus melanocephalus
Variegated fairy-wren 4 Malurus lamberti
Weebill 30 Smicrornis brevirostris
Brown gerygone 3 Gerygone mouki
Western gerygone 10 Gerygone fusca
White-throated gerygone 3 Gerygone olivacea Chestnut-rumped thornbill 3 Acanthiza uropygialis
Buff-rumped thornbill 6 Acanthiza reguloides
Inland thornbill 7 Acanthiza apicalis
Brown thornbill 1 Acanthiza pusilla
Spotted pardalote 11 Pardalotus punctatus
Red-browed pardalote 9 Pardalotus rubricatus
Striated pardalote 33 Pardalotus striatus
Lewin’s honeyeater 11 Meliphaga lewinii
Singing honeyeater 3 Lichenostomus virescens
White-eared honeyeater 14 Lichenostomus leucotis
Yellow-tufted honeyeater 2 Lichenostomus melanops
Fuscous honeyeater 3 Lichenostomus fuscus Noisy miner 44 Manorina melanocephala
Spiny-cheeked honeyeater 4 Acanthagenys rufogularis
Black-chinned honeyeater 6 Melithreptus gularis
Blue-faced honeyeater 4 Entomyzon cyanotis
Noisy friarbird 10 Philemon corniculatus
Little friarbird 12 Philemon citreogularis
Striped honeyeater 5 Plectorhyncha lanceolata
Black-faced cuckoo-shrike 11 Coracina novaehollandiae
Cicadabird 2 Coracina tenuirostris
Rufous whistler 4 Pachycephala rufiventris
Grey shrike-thrush 4 Colluricincla harmonica
Australasian figbird 2 Sphecotheres viridis Olive-backed oriole 10 Oriolus sagittatus
Grey butcherbird 38 Cracticus torquatus
Pied butcherbird 10 Cracticus nigrogularis
Australian magpie 22 Cracticus tibicen
Pied currawong 41 Strepera graculina
Spangled drongo 1 Dicrurus bracteatus
Rufous fantail 8 Rhipidura rufifrons
Grey fantail 12 Rhipidura albiscarpa
Willie wagtail 4 Rhipidura leucophrys
Torresian crow/ Australian raven 20 Corvus sp
Leaden flycatcher 1 Myiagra rubecula
White-winged chough 2 Corcorax melanorhamphos Apostlebird 3 Struthidea cinerea
Jacky winter 14 Microeca fascinans
Eastern yellow robin 1 Eopsaltria australis
Silvereye 13 Zosterops lateralis
Welcome swallow 1 Hirundo neoxena
Mistletoebird 4 Dicaeum hirundinaceum
TOTAL 572 35 8 30 16 20