Southern Yorke Peninsula Important Bird Area

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Southern Yorke Peninsula  IBA is located in South Australia
Southern Yorke Peninsula  IBA
Southern Yorke Peninsula IBA
Location of the Southern Yorke Peninsula Important Bird Area in South Australia
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The IBA is an important area for rock parrots

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Description

The Important Bird Area (IBA) includes most of the south-western tip of Yorke Peninsula including land protected by statute, privately owned or declared as crown land and which usually has natural habitat. Outside this area, most of the Yorke Peninsula’s native vegetation has been cleared for grazing and cropping. The land in the IBA is an undulating plain, bordered by coastal cliffs, with calcareous sands and loams forming dunes over limestone bedrock. Habitats include intertidal ecosystems, beaches, heathlands, mallee woodlands and salt lakes. Temperatures average Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). in winter and Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). in summer with an average annual rainfall of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value)..[1]

Criteria for nomination as an IBA

The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it supports populations of malleefowl, fairy terns, western whipbirds, rock parrots and purple-gaped honeyeaters.[2]

Associated protected areas

While the IBA has no statutory status, it does overlap the following protected areas declared by the South Australian government: Innes National Park and Warrenben Conservation Park.[1]

See also

References

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