Moora Important Bird Area

Moora Important Bird Area comprises a fragmented area of 685 ha centred on the rural township of Moora, in the wheatbelt region of south-west Western Australia. It lies about 175 km north of Perth. Most of the site is private land.

Pair of Short-billed Black Cockatoos; one perched in a tree, the other flying towards it
The site is important for Short-billed Black Cockatoos

Birds

The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports up to 60 breeding pairs of the endangered Short-billed Black Cockatoo as well as a population of the restricted-range Western Corella.[1] The site boundaries are defined by areas of suitable nesting habitat for the cockatoos along two road reserves and within Moora.[2]

References
  1. "IBA: Moora". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Moora. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/08/2011.

30°38′44″S 116°00′26″E


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