Rushworth Box-Ironbark Region
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The Rushworth Box-Ironbark Region is a 510 km2 fragmented and irregularly shaped tract of land that encompasses all the box–ironbark forest and woodland remnants used as winter feeding habitat by endangered swift parrots in the Rushworth-Heathcote region of central Victoria, south-eastern Australia. It lies north of, and partly adjacent to, the Puckapunyal Important Bird Area (IBA).
The site was identified by BirdLife International as an IBA and includes the Heathcote-Graytown National Park, several nature reserves and state forests, with a few small blocks of private land. It excludes other areas of woodland that are less suitable for the parrots.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Rushworth Box-Ironbark Region. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-10-01.
Birds
The region was identified as an IBA because, when the flowering conditions are suitable it supports up to about 70 non-breeding swift parrots. It is also home to small populations of diamond firetails and non-breeding flame robins.{{cite web |url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Rushworth Box-Ironbark Region |accessdate=2011-10-01 |work= Birdata |first= |last= |publisher=Birds Australia |date= }}
Other woodland birds recorded from the IBA include brown treecreepers, speckled warblers, hooded robins, grey-crowned babblers, crested bellbirds and Gilbert's whistlers, with bush stone-curlews, migrant black honeyeaters and pink robins seen occasionally.
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Category:Important Bird Areas of Victoria (state)
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