TY - JOUR
T1 - The first records of the Eyrean Grasswren Amytornis goyderi from New South Wales
AU - McAllan, Ian
AU - Cooper, Dick
AU - Kenway, Pam
AU - Moody, Michael
AU - Martin, David
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This paper describes the first known records of the Eyrean Grasswren Amytornis goyderi from New South Wales (NSW). These observations were made on 3 April 2016 just inside the border adjacent to South Australia and were clearly on the margins of the species’ range. The habitats noted at the time of the observations were of plant species found throughout the Strzelecki Desert, but did not include Sandhill Canegrass Zygochloa paradoxa (often quoted as a key habitat for the species), which was absent from the immediate vicinity. It is suggested that the low numbers of Eyrean Grasswrens in the Strzelecki Desert in NSW might be a consequence of overgrazing by livestock and Red Kangaroos Osphranter rufus, the latter influenced by the culling of Dingoes Canis dingo, as well as the increased predation on smaller birds and mammals by Red Foxes Vulpes vulpes.
AB - This paper describes the first known records of the Eyrean Grasswren Amytornis goyderi from New South Wales (NSW). These observations were made on 3 April 2016 just inside the border adjacent to South Australia and were clearly on the margins of the species’ range. The habitats noted at the time of the observations were of plant species found throughout the Strzelecki Desert, but did not include Sandhill Canegrass Zygochloa paradoxa (often quoted as a key habitat for the species), which was absent from the immediate vicinity. It is suggested that the low numbers of Eyrean Grasswrens in the Strzelecki Desert in NSW might be a consequence of overgrazing by livestock and Red Kangaroos Osphranter rufus, the latter influenced by the culling of Dingoes Canis dingo, as well as the increased predation on smaller birds and mammals by Red Foxes Vulpes vulpes.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038571115&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.20938/afo34131136
DO - 10.20938/afo34131136
M3 - Article
VL - 34
SP - 131
EP - 136
JO - Australian Field Ornithology
JF - Australian Field Ornithology
SN - 1448-0107
ER -