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Gidgegannup Important Bird Area is a highly fragmented tract of land, where the fragments are patches. of remnant native vegetation, bounded by a circle roughly 12 km in diameter. It is in south-western
Gidgegannup Important Bird Area is a highly fragmented tract of land, where the fragments are patches. of remnant native vegetation, bounded by a circle roughly 12 km in diameter. It is in south-western Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
about 30 km north-east of Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
and on the edge of the Perth suburban region. The towns of Gidgegannup and Parkerville lie on the periphery. It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports at least 450 Baudin's black-cockatoos, as well as small numbers of Carnaby's black-cockatoos, in roost sites outside the breeding season within foraging range of feeding habitat. The IBA also supports red-capped parrot
The red-capped parrot (''Purpureicephalus spurius'') is a species of broad-tailed parrot native to southwestern Australia. It was described by Heinrich Kuhl in 1820, with no subspecies recognised. It has long been classified in its own genus o ...
s, rufous treecreepers, western spinebill
The western spinebill (''Acanthorhynchus superciliosus'') is a honeyeater found in the heath and woodland of south-western Australia. Ranging between long, it weighs around . It has a black head, gray back and wings, with a red band behind its ...
s, western thornbill
The western thornbill (''Acanthiza inornata'') is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae.
It is endemic to southwestern Australia.
Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and b ...
s and western yellow robins.
References
Wheatbelt (Western Australia) Important Bird Areas of Western Australia {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub