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Key plants used by Australian birds:
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The Australian Acacia salicina (also called Native Willow or Cooba) is a shrub/tree that can grow in large numbers in semi-arid conditions. Although most plants in the acacia family (which includes wattles) use insects, rather than birds, for pollenation, they are important, because they produce a bean-like seed that is favoured by several species of cockatoos. There appear to be many small insects in Acacia salicinas, because one can basically always find insect-hunting birds (such as e.g. Yellow-rumped Thornbills in them.
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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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Tall Acacia salicina tree in our paddock in inland NSW
Close-up view of an Acacia salicina seedpod
Lateral view of a Western
Gerygone hunting for insects in an Acacia salicina tree
[Eulah Creek, NSW, May 2013]
Acacia salicinas have drooping outer branches favoured by some bird
species for nesting - e.g. the Little Friarbird
[Eulah Creek, NSW, December 2010]
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This is not necessarily a complete list. We collate here various ways in which birds can use various types of plant.
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