The Mundaring-Kalamunda Important Bird Area comprises a fragmented 137 km
2 of land centred on the towns of
Mundaring and
Kalamunda in the
Darling Scarp region of
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
. It lies inside, as well as adjacent to the
Beelu National Park.
Description
The boundaries of the
Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
(IBA) are defined by the presence of blocks of native vegetation greater than 1 ha within a 6 km foraging radius of two prominent, non-breeding season, roost sites for long-billed black cockatoos.
[BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mundaring-Kalamunda. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/08/2011.]
Birds
The site has been identified by
BirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding i ...
as an IBA because it supports about 800
long-billed black cockatoo
Baudin's black cockatoo (''Zanda baudinii''), also known as Baudin's cockatoo or the long-billed black cockatoo, is a species of genus ''Zanda (bird), Zanda'' found in southwest Australia. The epithet commemorates the French explorer Nicolas Bau ...
s, and up to 200
short-billed black cockatoos, in the non-breeding season. It also supports important populations of
red-capped parrots,
western rosellas,
red-winged fairywrens,
western spinebills,
western thornbills,
western yellow and
white-breasted robins, and
red-eared firetails.
s and the forest redtail subspecies of
red-tailed black-cockatoo
The red-tailed black cockatoo (''Calyptorhynchus banksii'') also known as Banksian- or Banks' black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo native to Australia. Adult males have a characteristic pair of bright red panels on the tail that gives ...
(''Calyptorhynchus banksii naso'') have been regularly recorded.
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References
Important Bird Areas of Western Australia
Kalamunda, Western Australia
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