St Arnaud Range National Park
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St Arnaud Range National Park is located in the Wimmera
region of Victoria
, Australia
, to the south of the town of St Arnaud.
The area's status as a national park is relatively new, having been gazetted by the Victorian Government in 2002. Extending over 13,900 hectares, it incorporates the former Kara Kara State Park and most of the St Arnaud Range State Forest. The park lies within the St Arnaud Box-Ironbark Region
Important Bird Area
, identified as such by BirdLife International
because of its importance for Swift Parrot
s and other woodland
birds.
Wimmera
The Wimmera is a region in the west of the Australian state of Victoria.It covers the dryland farming area south of the range of Mallee scrub, east of the South Australia border and north of the Great Dividing Range...
region of Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, to the south of the town of St Arnaud.
The area's status as a national park is relatively new, having been gazetted by the Victorian Government in 2002. Extending over 13,900 hectares, it incorporates the former Kara Kara State Park and most of the St Arnaud Range State Forest. The park lies within the St Arnaud Box-Ironbark Region
St Arnaud Box-Ironbark Region
The St Arnaud Box-Ironbark Region is a 481 km2 fragmented and irregularly-shaped tract of land that encompasses all the Box-Ironbark forest and woodland remnants used as winter feeding habitat by Swift Parrots in the St Arnaud-Stawell region of central Victoria, south-eastern...
Important Bird Area
Important Bird Area
An Important Bird Area is an area recognized as being globally important habitat for the conservation of bird populations. Currently there are about 10,000 IBAs worldwide. The program was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International...
, identified as such by BirdLife International
BirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global Partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources...
because of its importance for Swift Parrot
Swift Parrot
The Swift Parrot breeds in Tasmania and migrates north to south eastern Australia from Griffith-Warialda in New South Wales and west to Adelaide in the winter. It is related to the rosellas, with the feeding habits of a lorikeet...
s and other woodland
Woodland
Ecologically, a woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of...
birds.