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Australian bird habitats:
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Description of habitat |
Heath is low scrub growing on poor (sandy and/or acidic) soil, with low fertility. It is usually dominated by hardy plant species that can deal with such poor conditions. Coastal heath is usually dominated by salt-resistent plants.
Note that heath can also be found in alpine areas.
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Bird species found in this type of habitat or plant |
This is not necessarily a complete list. We display here some examples of bird species found by us in this kind of habitat or plant. Hover your cursor on thumbnails to see names of species; click on thumbnail to go to the page describing the species.
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Photos |
Patch of coastal heath amongst open scrub in the background at
Munmorah SCA,
NSW Central Coast
Slightly different type of coastal heath at
Munmorah SCA,
NSW Central Coast; this is the habitat in which we found
Tawny-crowned
Honeyeaters (see below)
Coastal heath at
Royal NP,
near Sydney, NSW
Coastal heath in blossom at Hat Head NP, NSW
Coastal heathland in southern WA (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Arpenteur NR, near Albany, WA, March 2018]
Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters
in heathland at
Munmorah SCA
[Munmorah SCA, NSW,
July 2013]
These pages are largely based on our own observations and those of our contributors. The structure of these bird pages is explained HERE. For more salient facts on any bird species please refer to a field guide.
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