The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it regularly supports significant numbers of regent honeyeaters and swift parrots, as well as many other woodland bird species.[2] It holds one of the only two remaining populations of red-capped robins in the Sydney region.[1]
^ abcdBirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Richmond Woodlands. Downloaded from . Archived from the original on July 10, 2007. Retrieved April 23, 2014. on 28/09/2011.
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richmond, woodlands, important, bird, area, richmond, woodlands, comprise, some, eucalypt, woodland, remnants, close, richmond, south, wales, australia, they, foot, blue, mountains, north, western, fringe, sydney, metropolitan, area, important, site, capped, r. The Richmond Woodlands comprise some 329 km2 of eucalypt woodland remnants close to Richmond New South Wales Australia They lie at the foot of the Blue Mountains on the north western fringe of the Sydney metropolitan area The IBA is an important site for red capped robins in the Sydney region Contents 1 Description 2 Flora and fauna 2 1 Plants 2 2 Birds 2 3 Other animals 3 ReferencesDescription editThe Important Bird Area IBA boundary is defined by patches of habitat suitable for endangered regent honeyeaters and swift parrots centred on the woodlands between the Agnes Banks Windsor Downs and Castlereagh Nature Reserves and extending south to Penrith and north east to encompass Scheyville National Park It is adjacent to the forested hills of the Greater Blue Mountains IBA 1 Flora and fauna editPlants edit The woodlands are dominated by an overstorey of coastal grey box narrow leaved ironbark and forest red gum Other trees include scribbly gum narrow leaved apple and the endangered Allocasuarina glareicola There is an understorey of sweet bursaria Pultenaea violacea and black sheoak with groundcover of kangaroo grass Echinopogan caespitosus Astrida vagans weeping grass and barbed wire grass 1 Birds edit The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it regularly supports significant numbers of regent honeyeaters and swift parrots as well as many other woodland bird species 2 It holds one of the only two remaining populations of red capped robins in the Sydney region 1 Other animals edit Mammals found in the IBA include sugar gliders common brushtail possums eastern grey kangaroos bush rats and little red flying foxes Over 20 species of reptiles have been recorded including eastern long necked turtles and eastern blue tongued lizards Green and golden bell frogs are present 1 References edit a b c d BirdLife International 2011 Important Bird Areas factsheet Richmond Woodlands Downloaded from BirdLife International conserving the world s birds Archived from the original on July 10 2007 Retrieved April 23 2014 on 28 09 2011 IBA Richmond Woodlands Birdata Birds Australia Archived from the original on July 6 2011 Retrieved 2011 09 28 33 38 29 S 150 45 10 E 33 64139 S 150 75278 E 33 64139 150 75278 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richmond Woodlands Important Bird Area amp oldid 1105692434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
