Obi Obi Parklands - Southern Wetland Species List

The Maleny Community Precinct Master Plan includes an area now referred to as the Southern Wetland. This is shown as the lower of the two wetland areas in this graphic.

Green Hills, as part of the Precinct Community Advisory Group, was recently asked by the Council to comment on a proposed management plan for this area. The below species list was included in the Green Hills response to Council.

Although the wetlands are classified as palustrine, for several months of the year there is open water in the central channel. During periods of dry conditions in the interior, many wetlands on the Blackall Range provide a refuge for waterbirds from inland waterways. During the last ten-year drought, birds such as Grey Teal, Hardheads and Magpie Geese were seen in the southern wetland. The Magpie Geese grazed in the littoral zone and bred in nearby dams that had more extensive open water.

We contend that the southern wetland is indeed an important habitat, not only for birds, but other wetland dependent animals.


List of Birds recorded for the Southern Wetland on the Maleny Community Precinct.


BIRDS
Observations from regular visits since 1980 by Greg Czechura (Queensland Museum) and visits since 2001 by Dr. Les Hall.

Species recorded that are dependent on the southern wetland as a feeding, breeding and roosting habitat.


Magpie Goose
Anseranas semipalmata


Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa


Hardhead
Aythyya australis


Grey Teal
Anas gracilis


Australasian Grebe
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae


White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae


Pacific Heron
Ardea pacifica


Bush-hen
Amaurornis olivaceus


Latham’s Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii


Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio


Dusky Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa


Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra


Little Black Cormorant
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris


Little Pied Cormorant
Microcarbo melanoleucos


Buff-banded Rail
Gallirallus philippensis


Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles


Clamorous Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus stentoreus


Golden-headed Cisticola
Cisticola exilis


Tawny Grassbird
Megalurus timoriensis


List of species that have been recorded from the immediate area of the southern wetland and that would obtain food and shelter from the wetland and its surrounding riparian vegetation. The presence of a number of raptors indicates that the wetlands provide a good source of food for these birds.


Australian Wood Duck
Chenonetta jubata


Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis


Straw-necked Ibis
Threshkiornis spinicollis


Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus axillaris


Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans


Brown Falcon
Falco berigoria


Grey Goshawk
Accipiter novaehollandiae


Nankeen Kestrel
Falco cenchroides


Brown Cuckoo-dove
Macropygia amboinensis


Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus funereus


Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus haematodus


Australian King-parrot
Alisterus scapularis


Pale-headed Rosella
Platycercus adscitus


Common Koel
Eudynamys scolopacea


Pheasant Coucal
Centropus phasianinus


Laughing Kookaburra
Dacelo novaeguineae


Sacred Kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus


Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus


Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis


Red-backed Fairy-wren
Malurus melanocephalus


Striated Pardalote
Pardalotus striatus


Blue-faced Honeyeater
Entomyzon cyanotis


Lewin’s Honeyeater
Meliphaga lewinii


Brown Honeyeater
Lichmera indistincta


Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis


Magpie-lark
Grallina cyanoleuca


Grey Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa


Willy Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys


Spangled Drongo
Dicrurus bracteatus


Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina novaehollandiae


Figbird
Sphecotheres viridis


Pied Butcherbird
Cracticus nigrogularis


Australian Magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen


Pied Currawong
Strepera graculina


Torresian Crow
Corvus orru


Red-browed Finch
Neochima temporalis


Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena


Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis


Brown Quail
Coturnix ypsilophora


Australasian Pipit
Anthus novaeseelandiae


Tree Martin
Hirundo nigricans


Dusky Woodswallow
Artamus cyanopterus


White-breasted Woodswallow
Artamus leucogaster

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