Chalcites basalis Chalcites pusilla Acanthiza Phaps chalcoptera Phaps Rufous Whistler Rufous Brown Pachycephala ru ventris Pachycephala Common Bronzewing Common Hors eld’s Bronze-cuckoo Hors eld’s Lalage sueurii Lalage Rufous Rufous Regenerating saplings, Regenerating saplings, native grasses and herbs grasses native White-winged Triller Cinclorhamphus mathewsi Cinclorhamphus variety of understorey shrubs, variety shrubs, of understorey assist small by providing them providing by assist small birds and sites. sources food with cover, In districts, some of the best many started birds woodland out as for sites Once restored, remnants. degraded will supportsuch sites the next in birds generation of woodland the Riverina. Restored Habitat Restored Restored Habitat Restored trees Large living Large Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Acanthiza Melithreptus brevirostris Melithreptus Yellow-rumped Thornbill Yellow-rumped Brown-headed Honeyeater Brown-headed Retained fallen branches, logs and leaf litter Retained branches, fallen Restored remnants Restored small -eatingMany spend birds most of their time in shrubs within 5m Remnants that have of the ground. to or allowed seeded been planted, can support naturally regenerate more years. just a few within will colonise over other birds Many Shrubs will time as the habitat matures. Grey Fantail Grey Gerygone fusca Malurus cyaneus Golden Whistler Rhipidura albiscapa Rhipidura Superb Fairy-wren Western Gerygone Western Pachycephala pectoralis Pachycephala Magpie- Cracticus torquatus Cracticus Gymnorhina tibicen Grallina cyanoleuca Grallina Grey Butcherbird Grey Australian Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus Psephotus Lack of mistletoe No regrowth saplings No regrowth or understorey shrubs or understorey Eastern Rosella Eastern Platycercus eximius Platycercus trees Coracina novaehollandiae Coracina Even aged Even Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike Black-faced They do not require the specialised do not require They birds. habitat of other woodland and stock managing By fencing, through establishing understorey seeding or natural direct planting, small and isolated even regeneration, and provide can be revitalised patches birds. woodland habitat for or little leaf litter No fallen branches, logs No fallen branches, Galah Cacatua roseicapilla Cacatua and herbs Lichenostomus penicillatus Lichenostomus White-plumed Honeyeater Few native grasses grasses native Few In such as this modified woodlands or near Savernake, simplified remnant only scattered are there where in areas expect would to you paddock trees, see a much smaller range and number mostly large These birds. of woodland common because are birds and robust the to well adapted they have changed landscape. Degraded remnants and scattered paddock trees and scattered remnants Degraded Modified Woodlands/Scattered Paddock Trees Paddock ModifiedWoodlands/Scattered Modified Woodlands/Scattered Paddock Trees Paddock ModifiedWoodlands/Scattered Noisy MinerNoisy Willie Wagtail Willie Corvus coronoides Crested Pigeon Crested Ocyphaps lophotes Australian Raven Australian Rhipidura leucophrysRhipidura Manorina melanocephala Chiltern Howlong Rutherglen Urana Corowa District Corowa New Savernake Mulwala Yarrawonga Berrigan Woodland Birds Woodland of the Central Riverina, Riverina, Central of the Jerilderie Tocumwal Cobram Finley An Identification and Habitat ManagementAn Identification Guide

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Solutions Pty. Ltd.) & Andrea Mitchell (Corowa & District ). 2018 Mitchell Landcare (Corowa & Andrea Ltd.) Solutions Pty. : Chris Tzaros. : photography All Chris Tzaros. © Design - Colourfield Design Pomatostomus temporalis Pomatostomus Babblers – : Grey-crowned photograph Cover Contact Corowa District [email protected] Contact Landcare: Corowa For further information For organisation such as Landcare or BirdLife . or BirdLife such as Landcare organisation Australian Birds (BirdLife Australia), or join a community group or conservation or join a community Australia), group (BirdLife Birds Australian Superb Parrot survey), submit records of birds you have seen to the Atlas of the Atlas seen to have you survey), of birds Superb records submit Parrot tion without picking up a shovel. Consider participating Consider tion without picking surveys in bird up a shovel. (e.g. There are a number of ways that you can contribute to woodland bird conserva bird woodland can contribute to that you - a number of ways are There Get involved in conservation initiatives in conservation Get involved be necessary. them, often even in healthy woodlands. In these cases woodlands. may in healthy them, often control even competes with and excludes most nectar with and excludes and insect smaller than competes eating birds Noisy Miners are an aggressive native bird that forms colonies and aggressively colonies and aggressively that forms bird native Noisy Miners an aggressive are Monitor Noisy Miners Noisy Monitor and survival legumes such as Buloke native and wattles). (especially is essential as they graze native vegetation and adversely affect plant recruitment plant recruitment affect and adversely vegetation native is essential as they graze eradicated. Domestic cats and dogs can also be a problem. Rabbit Domestic cats and dogs can also be a problem. management eradicated. Foxes and feral cats are major predators of woodland birds and should be birds of woodland major predators cats are and feral Foxes Control pest Control occur, scalping to remove heavily enriched soil may be required. enriched be required. heavily soil may remove to scalping occur, and grazing does not further disturb the ground structure. Where stock camps stock Where does not further and grazing structure. disturb the ground the best conditions for a range of woodland birds. It birds. is important a range of woodland the best conditions for that cropping Areas of ‘untouched’ native groundcover plants, fallen timber and debris provide fallen timber and debris provide plants, groundcover native ‘untouched’ of Areas Respect your remnant patch Respect remnant your distance to others. distance to widened, and remnants should be directly connected or at least be within close and remnants widened, restoration). Linear strips such as those along roads and creeks need to be to need and creeks Linear strips such as those along roads restoration). The size of woodland patches needs to be increased (through fencing and fencing (through be increased needs to patches of woodland size The Birds require corridors of habitat to enable movement on a daily or seasonal basis. on a daily or seasonal basis. corridors enable movement habitat to of require Birds Small, isolated remnants are inadequate to support to inadequate are viable populations of birds. remnants isolated Small, Link existing vegetation sites and increase size of remnants size and increase sites vegetation Link existing ground-foraging species. species. ground-foraging nesting sites for hollow-dependant and ground-nesting species, and perches for for and perches species, hollow-dependant for and ground-nesting nesting sites Decaying timber provides resources for birds, , reptiles and small mammals, mammals, and small reptiles insects, birds, for resources Decaying timber provides Leave dead, standing and fallen timber dead, Leave can deliver positive outcomes especially as shrubs mature. especially outcomes positive can deliver rey among scattered paddock trees and degraded remnants, and fencing the area, the area, and fencing remnants, and degraded paddock trees among scattered rey - Replacing the understo shrubs. medium and low including tall, layers vegetation The diversity of birds occurring at a site can be increased with the provision of with the provision occurring diversity can be increased The of birds at a site Replace missing vegetation layers missing vegetation Replace such as palatable shrubs, grazing must be managed when seedlings are young. young. must be managed when seedlings are grazing such as palatable shrubs, grazing to minimise invasive grasses and weeds. To ensure the regeneration of plants the regeneration ensure To and weeds. grasses minimise invasive to grazing Fencing controls stock movement and remnant vegetation often needs periodic vegetation and remnant movement stock controls Fencing Fence vegetation to manage stock grazing manage stock to vegetation Fence woodland birds: woodland The following steps can improve your woodland’s health and help conserve woodland’s your can improve steps following The that will inevitably help populations of woodland birds into the future. the future. into birds that will inevitably of woodland help populations CAN HELP… YOU Corowa shire. Latest figures indicate there is now almost 8% cover – an increase – an increase almost 8% cover is now there indicate figures Latest shire. Corowa Corowa District Landcare formed, there was 4% woody vegetation cover in the in the cover vegetation was 4% woody there District formed, Landcare Corowa begun to protect and restore woodland habitat in the region. In 1996 when the region. habitat in woodland and restore protect begun to many nationally and regionally threatened species. Onground work has already work has already Onground species. threatened regionally nationally and many NSW provides significant habitat for a range of different woodland birds including including birds woodland a range of different for habitat significant NSW provides those that forage or nest on or near the ground. The central RiverinaThe of southern the ground. or nest on or near those that forage affected species are those that need mature trees (especially hollow-bearing) and (especially trees need mature those that species are affected life. Unfortunately, one in five woodland birds is threatened or in decline. The worst worst The or in decline. threatened is birds woodland in five one Unfortunately, life. Woodlands in south-eastern Australia are renowned for their rich and varied bird for in south-eastern renowned are Australia Woodlands An Identi cation and Habitat Management Guide Management Habitat and Identi cation An Woodland Birds Woodland Good Quality Woodlands Locally Significant Birds

• Threatened species. Declined or • Declining and secure only in larger disappeared from intensely farmed patches of well-connected remnant areas but generally secure in Riverina vegetation. • Mainly occurs in good quality roadside • in tree-hollows in mature trees. vegetation and larger remnants where Forages for insects on ground in leaf it forages in leaf litter on ground or on litter, or on branches and trunks branches and trunks of trees of trees. • Responds well to habitat restoration - • Retaining fallen timber beneath can breed in 6 year old revegetation. mature trees, maintaining sparse Conserving this species is a great native groundcover and increasing example of how onground action can size and connectivity of remnants help a threatened species. will benefit this species. Striated Pardalote Mistletoebird Yellow Thornbill Sacred King sher Superb Parrot Musk Lorikeet Varied Sittella Tree Martin Grey-crowned Babbler Brown Treecreeper Pardalotus striatus Dicaeum hirundinaceum Acanthiza nana Todirhamphus sanctus Polytelis swainsonii Glossopsitta concinna Daphoenositta chrysoptera Petrochelidon nigricans Pomatostomus temporalis Climacteris picumnus • Endangered. Western part of the • Declined due to conversion from district is an important autumn-winter native groundcover to introduced Mistletoe foraging area for the Riverina pasture. population. • Needs larger remnants with saplings, Tree hollows • Eats seeds from ground and low shrubs and native groundcover, shrubs (wattles, hopbush), and nectar especially native grasses and low from trees (Yellow Box and Grey Box). saltbushes. Also requires water. Flowering • Benefits well from habitat restoration, • Within remnants, prefer small open Large living trees especially linkage of box woodlands areas for foraging and scattered and dead on plains to red gum forests along clumps of understorey (often spiny trees rivers, where they breed in shrubs such as Hedge Wattle) for tree-hollows. shelter and breeding. Crested Shrike-tit Dusky Woodswallow Grey Shrike-thrush Australian Owlet Nightjar Superb Parrot Diamond Firetail Falcunculus frontatus Artamus cyanopterus Colluricincla harmonica Aegotheles cristatus Polytelis swainsonii Stagonopleura guttata Peeling bark • Disappeared from many districts, • Endangered species that maintains particularly intensely farmed areas large (>40 ha) permanent territories. where habitat patches are too small • Prefers woodlands along rivers and and isolated. Fallen branches, Regrowth sapling trees, understorey creeks where there is a mix of old logs and leaf litter shrubs, native grasses and herbs • Needs large remnants in good trees with large hollows for breeding condition with mixed aged trees, and younger dense trees for daytime Remnants of high quality larger remnants support more species than smaller ones but small sites should shrubs, fallen timber and native roosting. groundcover, connected to similar sites. At sites like this woodland remnant near Berrigan, you would expect to see not be discounted as they form an important foundation for future habitat • Restoring creekline woodlands, these woodland birds plus many others. More species of birds, including many restoration. Areas linked to other remnants by corridors of vegetation along • Within remnants, prefer small open expanding their size and improving of the highly-specialised woodland species, are found at sites with different roads or creeks are paramount as they allow for birds to move through the areas for foraging with scattered connectivity with adjacent remnants layers of vegetation of varying ages. Better quality woodlands support the landscape. Protection, enhancement and appropriate grazing and fire clumps of understorey for shelter on plains will assist this species. habitat resources that specialised birds need. Variety or patchiness of structure is management of large healthy remnants is the highest priority for woodland and breeding. Brown Treecreeper Hooded Robin a feature of high quality sites. Small open grassy areas are important for birds to bird conservation as these sites are the source for future populations of birds to Red-capped Robin Jacky Winter Hooded Robin Barking Owl Climacteris picumnus cucullata forage and dense patches are needed for nesting and shelter. Size matters - then colonise other areas as they are restored. goodenovii fascinans Melanodryas cucullata Ninox connivens • Endangered well-known species that • Rare nomad that occurs in has declined or disappeared from Spring-Summer. Occurrence linked many settled districts as a direct result to fruiting mistletoe. of habitat removal and fox . • Needs larger remnants in good • Needs open mature remnant condition with mixed aged trees woodland with fallen timber and containing mistletoe. Connectivity sparse undisturbed native ground to other similar sites is important. cover. • Retaining old trees in good • Leaving fallen timber and leaf litter condition and allowing young trees under old trees, and controlling foxes, to mature will ensure an ongoing will assist in the recovery of this occurrence of mistletoe, benefiting species. this species. Peaceful Dove Painted Button-quail Restless Flycatcher Apostlebird Southern Whiteface Bush Stone-curlew Diamond Firetail Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Bush Stone-curlew Painted Honeyeater Geopelia striata Turnix varia Myiagra inquieta Struthidea cinerea leucopsis Burhinus grallarius Stagonopleura guttata Acanthiza uropygialis Burhinus grallarius Grantiella picta