Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area

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Cassowary

Coordinates: 17 ° 30 ′ 55 ″  S , 145 ° 59 ′ 59 ″  E

Relief Map: Queensland
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Costal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area​
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Queensland

The Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area is a Birdlife International designated bird sanctuary with a size of 521 km², which extends along the east coast of the region of Far North Queensland in Queensland , Australia . It extends over a length of 150 kilometers south of Cairns to Cardwell .

It is the most important protected area for helmeted cassowaries that are threatened with extinction .

Protected area

This sanctuary is home to 9 of the 17 rare bird species that are native to the Queensland rainforests. The borders of the bird sanctuary essentially follow the Wet Tropics of Queensland . The sanctuary also includes Department of Defense and Aboriginal areas ; also state land and small nature reserves. Furthermore, there are also remote sandy beaches and mud flats.

The protected area is dominated by the monsoons with heavy rainfall and drought, as well as moderate permanent winds. The vegetation consists mainly of tropical rainforests and eucalyptus , myrtle heaths and mangroves grow on small areas .

The sanctuary includes or overlaps the following national parks: Clump Mountain National Park , Edmund Kennedy National Park , Ella Bay National Park , Eubenangee Swamp National Park , Gray Peaks National Park , Hull River National Park , Kurrimine Beach National Park , Maria Creek National Park , Moresby Range National Park , Mount Mackay National Park , Russell River National Park, and Tam O'Shanter National Park .

Animal species

It is the major sanctuary for the cassowary and also protects the rare Red Buschkauze ( Ninox rufa queenslandica ) as well as beach stone-curlew , Esacus magnirostris , Burhinus grallarius , Lichenostomus flavus , Torre honeyeater ( Meliphaga notata ) Oreoscopus gutturalis , Colluricincla boweri and Fahlgesichtschnäpper ( Tregellasia capito ).

Two endemic tree frog species live in this area, the Litoria rheocola and Nyctimystes dayi . There is also the rare Petaurus gracilis , which was considered lost for 100 years and was only rediscovered in 1989.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b birdlife.org : Costal Wet Tropics , in English, accessed November 19, 2012